Collaborate Disseminate
Hopefully it’s a COVID-19 version of what it did post-2016 elections, when it required verification of those buying political or issue ads. Continue reading Facebook to verify identities on accounts that churn out viral posts
In April, the company yanked 1,887 misleading accounts, pages and groups tied to eight influencer networks building fake engagement.
Continue reading Fake news Facebook accounts used coronavirus to attract followers
It removed 5 networks engaged in foreign or government interference in Egypt, India, Russia, Iran, and Myanmar/Vietnam. Some targeted the US. Continue reading Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers
Together with her troll colleagues, she managed 200 fake social profiles, promoted clients’ products, and trolled their competitors. Continue reading Undercover reporter tells all after working for a Polish troll farm
It took down four foreign interference campaigns and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US elections.
Continue reading Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran
Users report bad accounts, got presented with a request to verify ID, couldn’t upload said ID, and got frozen out. Continue reading #FacebookLockout: Users who report fake/scam accounts locked out
Fraudsters are using social media to spam, steal information, spread propaganda and execute social-engineering campaigns. Continue reading ThreatList: Half of All Social Media Logins Are Fraud
Facebook removed 2.2 billion fake accounts between January and March 2019, bringing the total of accounts disabled to more than 3 billion over a six-month period, which includes Q4 2018 data, according to the company’s Community Standards Enforce… Continue reading Facebook Says 5% of Monthly Active Accounts Are Fake, Deletes 3B in 6 Months
Facebook and Twitter got a lot of heat, but “Instagram’s appeal is that’s where the kids are, and that seems to be where the Russians went.” Continue reading Instagram became the preferred tool in Russia’s propaganda war
According to multiple Reddit moderators, someone called “Aaron” has approached them to be part of a spam marketing campaign, with a particular focus on cryptocurrency and blockchain-linked projects. Continue reading Inside a Reddit Sockpuppet Operation