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Facebook says it removed record number of disinformation campaigns in December

Facebook says it removed record number of disinformation campaigns in December

FACEBOOK Inc. identified and suspended 17 disinformation networks on its platforms in December, representing its largest monthly takedown, the U.S. tech giant has announced. The social media company said it had suspended a little more than 2,800 accounts and pages on its main platform and photo-sharing site, Instagram, for using fake identities and other forms of so-called "coordinated inauthentic behaviour". The activity spanned 11 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Morocco, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. In most of those countries, the networks were focused on forthcoming elections and run by domestic groups, Facebook said. "Deceptive campaigns like these raise a complex challenge…
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French and Russian trolls duke it out in Central Africa election, Facebook says

French and Russian trolls duke it out in Central Africa election, Facebook says

JACK STUBBS RIVAL French and Russian disinformation campaigns have sought to deceive Internet users -- and unmask each other -- in the Central African Republic (CAR) ahead of a December 27 presidential and parliamentary election, Facebook has said. Facebook said it was the first time it had seen such a direct battle of the trolls by competing foreign states on its platforms, with the rivals' fake accounts denouncing each other as "fake news". The company said it had suspended three networks totalling almost 500 accounts and pages for so-called "coordinated inauthentic behaviour". One network was linked to "individuals associated with…
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