Fake quotes appeared over photos of celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson and Elton John, calling to end aid to Ukraine and describing European collapse.

Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15.

Quotes appeared over celebrity photos, displaying messages calling to end aid to Ukraine and describing European collapse.

The images were published between June 14-15 by the Kremlin disinformation network Dvoynyk, a representative of the Bot Blocker project told Agentsvo. The fake quotes have since garnered over 500,000 views.

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  • Netrunner@programming.devEnglish
    521·
    6 months ago

    Yes they do. A few weeks ago everyone on here cared what George clooneys wife was saying about Israel.

    • ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      391·
      6 months ago

      You mean Amal Clooney, the international Human Rights Lawyer? The adjunct professor of law at Columbia University? Advisor to the International Criminal Court? That Amal Clooney?

      The fact that she’s married to a celebrity is the least interesting thing about her in the context of Israel and the ICC.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        8·
        6 months ago

        And I will once again say that the actor should be referred to as “Amal Clooney’s husband” rather than the other way around.

        • CitizenKong@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          6 months ago

          My favourite description under a picture of the two in a (German) newspaper read (paraphrased): Civil right’s attorney Amal Clooney and her husband, an actor.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
              4·
              6 months ago

              Through the use of satellite imagery, SSP provides an early warning system to deter mass atrocities in a given situation by focusing world attention and generating rapid responses to human rights and human security concerns taking place in that situation.

              …

              SSP was the first to provide evidence consistent with the razing of the villages of Maker Abior, Todach, and Tajalei in the Abyei region of Sudan, and the project has discovered eight alleged mass graves in South Kordofan, Sudan.

              Did you think we wouldn’t look at your link or do you think trying to get attention and a rapid response to atrocities is a bad thing?

        • skulblaka@startrek.websiteEnglish
          6·
          6 months ago

          Plenty of people knew who she was before. You didn’t, because you don’t pay attention to international human rights struggles.