Ukraine's strikes disrupted three Yandex data centres—but did they also silence Russian propaganda bots? The damage is documented. The social-media claims remain unproven.
On Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, October 14, 2026, host Jim Love examines the service outages and the evidence behind claims of declining political bot activity. Cloudflare's measurements show automated web requests, including search crawlers—not a count of propaganda accounts.
Also today: Anthropic offers free AI security scans for eligible open-source projects through OSS Scanner, with reports delivered without human review. Scammers exploit calendar invitations to deliver malicious links, sometimes from hacked accounts belonging to people you trust. And a CNN investigation documents threats and arrests amid America's data-centre backlash, raising questions about community consent and the consequences of threatening language.
CHAPTERS 00:00 Today's Headlines 00:41 Yandex Strikes Fallout 01:38 Did Bots Go Quiet 04:15 Anthropic OSS Scanner 06:24 Calendar Invite Scams 08:56 Data Center Backlash 10:47 Community Conflict Costs 13:16 Closing Thoughts
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