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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Bernadette B. Tixon

'Operation Quiet Piggy' Goes Viral as Users Claim MAGA Accounts Went Silent After Yandex Strikes

‘Operation Quiet Piggy’: Donald Trump’s ‘Quiet, quiet piggy’ jibe has resurfaced online as the nickname for Ukraine’s strikes on Yandex. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/WikiMedia Commons)

Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian technology company Yandex have fuelled social-media claims that pro-Trump accounts fell silent after Russian data centres suffered disruption. The suggestion has circulated alongside the nickname 'Operation Quiet Piggy', but evidence connecting the attacks to those accounts remains unproven.

The distinction matters because the chart cited in support of the claims measures automated web requests associated with Yandex's network. It does not measure posting activity by MAGA accounts, identify their operators or demonstrate that they were connected to Russian influence operations.

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