Facebook removes 'inauthentic' networks spanning eight nations

 

FILE PHOTO: 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Myanmar, Georgia, and Ukraine due to "coordinated inauthentic behaviour".

 

The social media platform announced it had taken down the new networks as part of its monthly report into "coordinated inauthentic behaviour", which also noted Facebook had removed nearly 8,000 pages involved in deceptive campaigns around the world in October.

 

Many of the networks taken down by Facebook were involved in deceptive political influence campaigns using fake accounts, targeting audiences both domestically and abroad.

 

One network of Facebook accounts and pages was operated from Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco by individuals connected to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian Islamist movement that operates networks of groups across the Middle East. The pages targeted countries across the region and included some terrorism-related content, Facebook said.

 

Facebook found two "inauthentic" networks in Georgia spreading political content, one of which the platform traced to individuals associated with two political parties.

 

In Ukraine and Myanmar, the social media giant found that public relations firms were running similar deceptive campaigns on behalf of political parties.

 

The company has been cracking down on such accounts globally after coming under fire for not developing tools quickly enough to combat extremist content and propaganda operations.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-11-06

 

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29 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The company has been cracking down on such accounts globally after coming under fire for not developing tools quickly enough to combat extremist content and propaganda operations.

only if it suits them..

6 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

only if it suits them..

Perhaps you should give a few examples of when they should have but didn't.  

 

On 11/7/2020 at 1:50 AM, Credo said:

Perhaps you should give a few examples of when they should have but didn't.  

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332496967_Fakebook_why_Facebook_makes_the_fake_news_problem_inevitable

it's a symptom of their business model and basically just about the benjamins, for once the money is in the bank (and the info disseminated), removal is an empty gesture except for their accountants (who still have to count the money)

btw - I saw a lot more material but I'm not your researcher..

3 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332496967_Fakebook_why_Facebook_makes_the_fake_news_problem_inevitable

it's a symptom of their business model and basically just about the benjamins, for once the money is in the bank (and the info disseminated), removal is an empty gesture except for their accountants (who still have to count the money)

btw - I saw a lot more material but I'm not your researcher..

Because no revenue was still accruing form those accounts when they were shut down? Got evidence for that?