Facebook on Monday said it removed Russian-backed accounts that showed some links to the Internet Research Agency and in some cases posed as locals weighing in on political issues in swing states, an indication of the persistence of the tech giant’s disinformation problem a year before voters head to the ballot box.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s latest efforts indicate the threat of “increasingly sophisticated attacks from Russia, Iran and China,” but added he is “confident we’re more prepared now.” The lingering global threat became apparent again Monday. The fake accounts purportedly linked to the IRA — 50 on Instagram, and one on Facebook — sought to wade into divisive issues, including race and Confederate pride, and posted on both sides of the political spectrum, according to a report from Graphika, a social media analysis firm, which examined the operation.
Facebook also said it removed a group of 93 accounts linked to Iran that tried to “masquerade as locals” to post on political issues, primarily targeting the U.S. Another network tied to Iran misrepresented itself as a news agency and posted on race relations in the U.S. Soon, certain Facebook pages with large U.S. followings must disclose organizations behind them, part of an effort to crack down on instances in which owners obscure their origin “as a way to make people think that a page is run independently.”
Stalin: it doesn’t matter who votes. What matters is who counts the votes. Zuck: it doesn’t matter who runs the troll farms. What matters is who decides which troll farms are allowed to operate.
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