Dozens of accounts linked to a Russian disinformation group contracted by the Kremlin were amplifying conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton's health, according to researchers.
Conspiracy theories that took over social media amid Kate Middleton’s mystery health situation — before she revealed her cancer diagnosis last week — were amplified by Russian disinformation campaigns, according to security researchers at Cardiff University in Wales.
It’s not as though these Russia-linked accounts were driving the story; they were jumping on it,' he told NBC News. 'It was already being framed in conspiracy terms, so foreign actors don’t need to set that frame — that’s already there to exploit.' Innes explained that replying to posts rather than creating original content is strategic because it makes it harder for social media platforms to regulate their comments.
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