One year into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, a new report by the social media company Meta details the evolution of pro-Russian influence campaigns online. Since then, Meta observed, Russian state media outlets have become less active on its platforms and their posts have attracted less attention. However, at the same time, some Russian state media outlets have been inviting their audiences to follow them on other platforms. "Russian state media outlets have significantly reduced their activity on our platforms and pivoted elsewhere," the company noted. Meta's latest report on covert pro-Russian online networks comes amid an increasingly public feud between Prigozhin and the Russian military establishment.
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