Internet users like pelicans? Almost 70 percent He duplicates the Russian disinformation about the drone over the Belvedere

67 percent Internet users commenting on the drone's flight over the Belveder believes that this is a media staging – according to the RES Futura report. This coincides with information provided by Russian social media – said the head of the collective Michał Fedorowicz.

On Monday evening, the State Protection Service neutralized the drone operating over government buildings (park) and Belvedere. A 21-year-old Ukrainian citizen and a 17-year-old Belarusian citizen were detained. The police conduct activities in the case. According to information provided by the services, the prosecutor's office will also take action.

For safety reasons, there is a ban on flights for drones for government buildings and other critical infrastructure facilities. There are special markings on such facilities – plates with information about the prohibition of drone flights. Any drone operator who has permissions can check where drones cannot fly in a special application.

Edyta Adamus from the Social Communication Department at the Warsaw Police Headquarters informed PAP that police conduct activities towards art. 212 of the Aviation Law. This article says that who, when performing a flight using an aircraft, violates the air traffic regulations in force in the area in which the flight takes place, is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years.

– The police secured the drone, which was used by the detainees. They currently conduct activities towards art. 212 of the Aviation Law – explained the policewoman.

The European analytical collective Res Futura has analyzed the reactions of users of the most popular social platforms to this event. The study shows that a significant part of the commentators (67 percent) considers the threat of the drone over the Belvedere as a joke and element of media staging. “Dron-Zabawka”, because it was called by Internet users, is the reason for creating a theory of provocation or manipulation.

In turn, 25 percent Commentators are convinced that the threat was real. Internet users appreciate SOP's actions, indicate a strategic threat and justify the presence of NATO forces.

– After the information provided by the prime minister, within 3 to 5 minutes on Russian channels on social media, such as Telegram, there was information that it is most likely a toy drone and the Polish government is really ridiculed – explained the head of Res Futura Michał Fedorowicz.

He noted that this narrative was reproduced in Polish social media by real users, not by bots.

The most frequently repeated phrase in this topic is the statement “this is not our war” – it occupies 8.4 percent. comments. “Dron-Zabawka” also becomes a popular statement, (6.3 percent “Tusk provocation” (5.9 percent) “Belarusian drone” (5.2 percent) or “#stopkrainiszpolski” (4.8 percent).

As Fedorowicz said, these comments are part of the narrative passed by Russian social media stating that “the government itself stags a kind of action with a toy drone.”

A spokesman for the Minister of the Special Service Coordinator Jacek Dobrzyński emphasized that the standard thing in such situations is that the officers of the Internal Security Agency were interested in this event who check what the drone operating people were guided by. Dobrzyński denied rumors about a massive espionage.

Last week, on the night of September 9-10, the Polish airspace was repeatedly violated by Russian drones. Those that pose a direct threat were shot down by Polish and allied aviation. For the first time in the modern history of Poland in the airspace of the country, the air force used weapons. (PAP)

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