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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    5 months ago

    How do you expect the FBI stop people from creating accounts and sharing false information? That’s not a crime.

    Hmmmmmm…perhaps it’s about time that it becomes illegal.

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      5 months ago

      The FBI does not create laws. Congress does. The same congress that is being currently run by people who are pro-Russia.

      So I’m thinking there’s some sort of Putin-related reason why that won’t happen.