研究机构411的分析发现，在2020年塞乌塔移民危机期间，与俄罗斯军方有关的账户在社交媒体上协调传播极右翼叙事和关于移民的阴谋论[1]。这些账户在危机初期触及超过50万人，并通过多语言放大和中继网络在6小时内实现72万次浏览[1]。
危机于8月1日爆发，当天约4.9万人试图从摩洛哥越过边境进入西班牙飞地塞乌塔[1]。411的研究人员检查了约450万条相关社交媒体帖子，其中包括与俄罗斯情报部门有关的Rybar电报频道的内容[1]。与2021年发生的类似事件相比，此次极右翼动员的速度和组织程度都明显提高[1]。
Research institute 411 has identified coordinated activity by Russia-linked accounts that spread far-right narratives on social media during the 2020 Ceuta migration crisis, reaching over 500,000 people in the early stages of the emergency [1]. The accounts deployed multilingual amplification networks to disseminate extreme rhetoric and conspiracy theories about migration, generating 720,000 views within six hours [1].
The crisis erupted on August 1, 2020, when approximately 49,000 people attempted to cross from Morocco into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave [1]. Analysis by 411 examined roughly 4.5 million social media posts to track the disinformation campaign [1]. The Rybar Telegram channel was identified as connected to Russian intelligence operations [1].
Compared to a similar event in 2021, the 2020 operation demonstrated significantly accelerated far-right mobilization and higher levels of organizational sophistication [1].