NAFO has shed light on new methods for countering state-sponsored disinformation, highlighting the importance of assembling and backing online movements seeking to set the message straight in the cyber world.
Roughly four months into the war in Ukraine, images of a cartoon Shiba Inu dog were popping up all over Twitter. It started when the Georgian Legion, a volunteer military unit fighting Russian forces in Ukraine, was trying to raise money for equipment. In response, a Polish artist who posts under the name “Kama” began creating Shiba Inu avatars for the “fellas” who donated to the Legion. Shortly after, the North Atlantic Fellas Organization (NAFO) took social media by storm, and internet memes of Shibas quickly became a movement devoted to countering pro-Kremlin disinformation about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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