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Which domains are active in spreading (and in some cases countering) the biolab conspiracy theory? Looking at the Twitter data over the last few days, the most cited domains in tweets with a term related to Russia/Ukraine and (“biol” or “biow”):
A quick user co-sharing domain network of the biolab conversation on Twitter (last 3 days). Nodes are domains, sized by number of tweets. Edges mean one account posted tweets linking to both domains. I’m however here over RT, so visible edges are for nodes co-shared with RT
Here’s the same graph, but hovering over the greenwald substack in the center (so the visible nodes and edges are ones that are shared by people who also shared tweets linking to that site):
* hovering (not however)
Many of the websites are publishing factual content — but that factual content gets wrapped into speculation and support of the conspiracy theories.
And those conspiracy theories are being cultivated and leveraged by Russia’s state-sponsored media apparatus in support of a disinformation campaign meant to confuse and provide cover for their invasion of Ukraine.
Don’t overlook YouTube there. The tweets citing that domain (in our data) are predominantly spreading the biolab conspiracy theory.
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