Collaborate Disseminate
…then maybe they deserve this drivel, says a Macedonian copy-paste/turn-it-into-clickbait-bile writer who says it’s all about the money. Continue reading Fake news writer: If people are stupid enough to believe this stuff…
It’s not clear who paid Archimedes Group for its reality-warping campaigns, but it’s clear disinformation is now a global scourge. Continue reading Facebook bans accounts of fake news firm
U.S. Cyber Command is shifting the way it measures success from solely military outcomes to how the command enables other government agencies to defend against foreign offensive cyber threats. Brig. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who is in charge of Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force, said on Tuesday at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council that success is “not necessarily [about] the department’s outcome,” but is instead about “how can we enable our international partners [and] our domestic partners in industry to be able to defend those things that are critical to our nation’s success.” Haugh said Cyber Command is doing its job right if agencies are taking their own actions: State Department issuing démarches, Department of Homeland Security releasing alerts, and Treasury Department announcing sanctions “based off of information that is derived from our operations.” In the past, Haugh said he believes that these outcomes may not have been considered as wins. […]
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The US blocked internet access to Russian trolls who, they say, were trying to spread FUD. Continue reading US pushed Russian troll factory offline during US midterm elections
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
Over 1m tweets show that we’re suckers for funny/sarcastic/edgy, not so much for blah-blah-blah “news” spreaders. Continue reading Twitter publishes data on Iranian and Russian troll farms
Facebook’s definition of “authentic” is complicated because disinformation campaigns are complicated. Continue reading How Real Activists Learned Facebook Was Deleting Their Protest Page for ‘Inauthentic Behavior’
Facebook says it has removed 32 Pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram for violating its policies. Continue reading Facebook bans midterm-meddling accounts and pages
Facebook has removed 32 accounts and pages for “inauthentic behavior” tied to the “Unite the Right 2″ rally next month in Washington, DC. Continue reading These Are the Pages Facebook Says Are Part of a ‘Coordinated’ Effort to Influence the Midterm Elections
How Russian trolls embraced rule 34 (but Redditors didn’t buy it) Continue reading Fake Hillary porn just the tip of Russia’s Reddit penetration