3 The large difference in nodes between the Bulgarian and Romanian maps is due to the fact that the Romanian map went through an additional whitelisting 1 process that further narrowed down the scope of the clusters present in the map to areas more closely related to the current affairs conversation. [...] The connection between fringe The propaganda narratives of the Russia-linked conspiracies & Pro-Russian Interpretation of History Figure 3: The Central Section of the Bulgarian Facebook Map Russian propaganda and group are represented by a significantly larger The Bulgarian map, altogether, contains 13,179 Disinformation and pages, with the most prominent groups being Civil mainstream pages number. [...] The to one corner of the map (the upper left section of Historic Interpretation cluster (254 pages), which centre of the Bulgarian Facebook space consists the map, marked in dark and light blue colours, in is part of the Russia-linked conspiracies group, The Bulgarian Facebook information space is of a large cluster of pages (part of the Civil Rights Figure 4). [...] For example, Russia clearly to the anarchist group’s global anti-capitalist and the former KGB General, Leonid Reshetnikov, with encompassing more than 1,000 nodes including states its opposition to Western involvement in the anti-elitist movement, lies on the periphery of this the aim of undermining the Bulgarian Euro-Atlantic all major EU and UN agencies and the embassies resolution of the confl. [...] The Pro-Russian clusters represent the most isolated and Figure 12: The cluster of Moldovan accounts (MD) appears to bridge the isolated pro-Russian accounts with the mainstream political and dense group on the map.
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