According to Zykov, the promotion of unauthorized rallies is carried out mainly on YouTube and TikTok.

“Now the new social network TikTok is very energizing for young people.

Until that moment, she did not attract the attention of the authorities to herself, ”the expert said.

He noted that the coverage of videos can be hundreds of thousands of users.

“It seems that people are being pushed to watch, then to be taken to the streets and to participate in unauthorized rallies,” the source added.

Zykov also drew attention to the fact that memes "created on the basis of propaganda videos" get into entertainment publics, thereby attracting the attention of people far from politics, who are then encouraged to participate in unauthorized actions.

According to him, similar active work is underway at other sites.

“There are crops everywhere.

We have never seen as many bots as are now attracted to promote such events.

Now there is a real cyber war going on in social networks, ”he said.

Earlier, Roskomnadzor announced that it would prosecute Internet sites for involving teenagers in illegal activities related to unauthorized protests.

In addition, in Tatarstan, investigators opened a criminal case on the fact of calls for riots in one of the social networks.