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Social media activity promoting extremist parties and anti-Israel narratives dropped dramatically after Ukrainian drone strikes disabled major Yandex data centers in Russia, sharply reducing bot activity.

Ukrainian attacks on Yandex data centers in Russia sparked speculation on X over a drop in pro-Palestinian slogans, though direct causation remains unproven.

A Ukrainian drone strike completely shut down a major Yandex data center in Vladimir, marking the third facility hit in days and causing widespread service outages across Russia.

Researchers from four leading US universities tested nine employee monitoring programs and discovered that all of them shared identifying information with third parties. In some cases, browsing data and real-time location were also collected.