people get fired up. You know, people are very, you know, passionate when it comes to race,

you know, in matters of race. So of course, if you see, like, people being denied access to buses,

you're like, you know, your first instinct is like, what the heck is going on?

There are no girls on the Internet as a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative.

I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.

At least 6,600,000 people have fled Ukraine in the days following Russia's invasion,

according to the New York Times.

Some of these include students or migrant workers from Africa, Asia, or other regions.

People of color in Ukraine reported racist mistreatment as they tried to leave the country.

The United Nations has acknowledged that non-white refugees have faced racism while attempting to leave the country.

Videos flooded social media of people of color being taken off buses, being shoved to the

back of lines in favor of white Ukrainians, and being harassed by extremists. And in this moment

of very real crisis and very real fear, bad actors are also exploiting their stories and

social media platforms to further cause chaos, confusion, and distrust. It is a lot to unbraid.

So I turned to Christopher Booszy, CEO of Bot Sentinel, a tool that helps determine real people on Twitter from inauthentic accounts.

So, you know, I was reading a little bit about your background about how you initially fell in love with technology and computers.

Take me back.

How did you first get involved with this kind of stuff?

Oh, it's simple.

My mother, she used to work for a telephone company.

You know, it's a Verizon now, but back then it was, I think, 9x or New York Tele, something

like that.

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