Digital Deception: Analyzing The Role of Russia’s AI-Powered Bot Farms in the U.S. Political Discourse 2024

In the contemporary era, artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly advanced, especially with its use in social media through fake bot accounts as a means for propaganda. This research looks into the Russian AI-operated bot farms and how they exacerbated the political disinformation campaigns during the U.S. election debate in 2024. The focus is on how these bots are said to generate and escalate disinformation through the computational propaganda theory. Using the case study method, the authors analyze an array of secondary sources, expert interviews, and statistical data. The results of the study reveal that bot farms impede political debates through active dissemination of misinformation. In addition, the study presents more effective ways to enhance media and disinformation detection literacy.