Facebook shuts down fake pro-Corbyn and anti-Brexit accounts linked to Iran
Facebook has removed fake pro-Corbyn and anti-Brexit accounts linked to Iran amid a purge of hundreds of pages falsely posing as news organisations or grassroots activists in Britain. Fake accounts called “The British Left” and “Free Scotland 2014” were among a list of 652 pages, groups and ...
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Facebook stops misinformation campaigns tied to Iran, Russia
Facebook says it removed more than 650 pages, groups and accounts linked to misinformation campaigns from Iran and Russia (AFP Photo/JOEL SAGET)/ San Francisco (AFP) - Facebook said Tuesday it stopped stealth misinformation campaigns from Iran and Russia, shutting down accounts as part of its ...
Sprawling Iranian disinformation campaign discovered on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
Iran was behind a sprawling disinformation operation on Facebook that targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, the social media company said Tuesday night, underscoring Silicon Valley’s increasingly global war on disinformation. The Iranian effort dated to 2011 and had ties to ...
Facebook purges hundreds of pages, groups, accounts linked to Russia, Iran
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come under scrutiny after the company admitted that Russian agents ran political influence operations on the social network in 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)/ Facebook announced Tuesday night that it had removed 652 pages, groups and accounts linked ...
It Was Just an Accident: Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival
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Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man ...
Facebook, Twitter dismantle disinformation campaigns tied to Iran and Russia
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc collectively removed hundreds of accounts tied to an alleged Iranian propaganda operation on Tuesday, while Facebook took down a second campaign it said was linked to Russia. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg ...
Tech giants dismantle global Iranian propaganda push
) collectively removed hundreds of accounts tied to Iranian actors that a cybersecurity firm said on Tuesday were promoting Iran’s geopolitical agenda around the world./ FILE PHOTO: 3D-printed Facebook and Twitter logos are seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
Facebook removes 652 pages, groups and accounts linked to Iran, Russia
Facebook said Tuesday it had removed 652 pages, accounts and groups tied to a newly discovered . Some of the pages originated in Iran and others in Russia, Facebook said in a . Also, Twitter announced it removed more than 200 accounts from its social media platform because they were engaging in ...
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Facebook, Twitter remove pages promoting Iranian propaganda
) said on Tuesday that they each removed about 300 accounts, mostly originating in Iran, that were found to be engaged in coordinated “inauthentic behavior.”/ FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is reflected on a woman's glasses in this photo illustration taken June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis ...
