On a recent afternoon inside the digital campaign headquarters of Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, around a dozen young volunteers sat glued to computer screens. Their task was twofold: to scour social media sites for impostor accounts and “fake news” about their candidate while trying to fend off armies of bots spreading negative comments on official campaign pages.
2019 Presidential Election
RFE/RL: Leading Ukraine candidate fights ‘fakes with fakes’
Ukrainian comedic actor, showman and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy waits backstage during his Kvartal 95 comedy group show in Kyiv on March 13, 2019.
