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BREAKING: @Facebook just took down four networks for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Attributions include:
- "some of the employees of the offices of (...) Eduardo Bolsonaro, Flavio Bolsonaro and Jair Bolsonaro";
- "Roger Stone and his associates." https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/removing-political-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior/">https://about.fb.com/news/2020...
- "some of the employees of the offices of (...) Eduardo Bolsonaro, Flavio Bolsonaro and Jair Bolsonaro";
- "Roger Stone and his associates." https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/removing-political-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior/">https://about.fb.com/news/2020...
Other attributions:
- "Postmen DA, an advertising agency in Ukraine";
- "political consultants and former government employees in Ecuador and Estraterra, a Canada-based PR firm".
PR companies have featured in a fair few takedowns recently.
- "Postmen DA, an advertising agency in Ukraine";
- "political consultants and former government employees in Ecuador and Estraterra, a Canada-based PR firm".
PR companies have featured in a fair few takedowns recently.
Different countries, languages and contexts, but a common denominator of coordinated inauthentic behaviour.
Some ideas do get around, don& #39;t they?
Some ideas do get around, don& #39;t they?
Also worth noting that most of this activity was aimed at domestic audiences. Disinfo starts at home, guys.
On the U.S. front, here& #39;s the Graphika report on the Stone takedown.
https://graphika.com/reports/facebooks-roger-stone-takedown/">https://graphika.com/reports/f...
On the U.S. front, here& #39;s the Graphika report on the Stone takedown.
https://graphika.com/reports/facebooks-roger-stone-takedown/">https://graphika.com/reports/f...
On the Ukrainian PR agency, which was mostly posting about domestic politics, especially last year& #39;s elections, there& #39;s this.
https://graphika.com/reports/postmen-knocked/">https://graphika.com/reports/p...
https://graphika.com/reports/postmen-knocked/">https://graphika.com/reports/p...
On the Brazilian takedown - full attribution "individuals associated with the Social Liberal Party and some of the employees of the offices of Anderson Moraes, Alana Passos, Eduardo Bolsonaro, Flavio Bolsonaro and Jair Bolsonaro" - here& #39;s @DFRLab. https://medium.com/dfrlab/facebook-removes-inauthentic-network-linked-to-bolsonaro-allies-5927b0ae750d">https://medium.com/dfrlab/fa...
And again h/t the @DFRLab team, here& #39;s an analysis of the Estraterra takedown, "an Ecuadorian public relations firm operated out of Canada." https://medium.com/dfrlab/facebook-takes-down-inauthentic-assets-targeting-multiple-latin-american-elections-1fa93c85501e">https://medium.com/dfrlab/fa...
