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Digital warfare reaches fuel maps as Ukrainian users create confusion across Russia (www.techradar.com)
submitted 3 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A coordinated online campaign has reportedly encouraged users to alter fuel station information on digital maps across Russia, creating confusion among drivers.

The activity involves changing station statuses by marking locations with available fuel as empty or showing closed stations as operational.

Supporters of the campaign claim the effort is designed to disrupt travel decisions, increase uncertainty, and create additional pressure around fuel availability.

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[–] JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 36 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I totally like the trolling - but on the other hand it totally would be nice if this map was not manipulated so that we could watch the russian fuel crisis in real time and see their empire crumble

[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago

The existence of such a map should tell us all there is to say.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago

the fact that the map itself is completely untrustworthy is a testament to how chaotic and broken the fuel economy is in Russia. you need nothing more than the fact that it's unreliable to understand just how bad the crisis is.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"""empire"""

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Is your explanation for why it spans 11 time zones ‘they just got tired of drawing borders’?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

I wonder if sometimes people undo false edits thinking that those are correct, thus making the map correct again