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Twitter and Meta take down pro-US propaganda campaign

2022-08-27 10:57:00, Tech CNA
Twitter and Meta take down pro-US propaganda campaign
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Twitter and Meta have removed from their platforms an online propaganda campaign aimed at promoting US interests abroad, researchers say.

This is the first major covert pro-US propaganda operation pulled off by the tech giants, according to a report by social media analytics firm Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO).

They took down dozens of accounts used in the campaign in July and August.

It is not known who is behind the propaganda operation.

Researchers say Twitter has identified the US and the UK as "presumed countries of origin", while Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said the US was the "country of origin".

However, the researchers were clear that even though the companies named these countries, this did not prove that they were behind the campaign.

"We do not have the information necessary to attribute this activity to a single country or organisation," the SIO told the BBC.

"What is clear is that the activity aims to advance Western interests, including those of the US and its allies."/ CNA.al

Taken from the BBC





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