Japan’s Upper House Election Reveals how Russian Influence Operations Infecting AI with Flood of Propaganda, Stoking Divisions

A screen shot of the author’s X post sharing a Nikkei article on Russian influence operations displays the number of views it had received as of September 10, 2025.

Notes: The green node represents the author’s own account. The red nodes represent accounts followed by several key disseminators of Kremlin-aligned narratives and thus appear to be functioning within the Russian discursive space. The black nodes are accounts outside that space. Created by the author.

Source: Portal Kombat, “Pravda Dashboard.”

Source: “AI False Information Rate Nearly Doubles in One Year,” Newsguard, September 4.