SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook on Tuesday said that it has caught a budding Russia-linked campaign to fuel political chaos in the US, working off a tip from the FBI in its latest take-down of coordinated inauthentic behavior at the leading social network.
The investigation that uncovered the covert operation, which was linked to the Internet Research Agency in Russian , started with a tip from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to Facebook head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher. "They put substantial effort into creating elaborate fictitious personas, trying to make fake accounts look as real as possible," Gleicher said while briefing reporters.
Profile photos were generated using computer software to appear more realistic, and unwitting freelance writers were recruited to write material to be posted online, according to Facebook.
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