June 01, 2020

Facebook to verify identities on accounts that churn out viral posts

Hopefully it's a COVID-19 version of what it did post-2016 elections, when it required verification of those buying political or issue ads.

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May 07, 2020

Fake news Facebook accounts used coronavirus to attract followers

In April, the company yanked 1,887 misleading accounts, pages and groups tied to eight influencer networks building fake engagement.

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March 04, 2020

Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers

It removed 5 networks engaged in foreign or government interference in Egypt, India, Russia, Iran, and Myanmar/Vietnam. Some targeted the US.

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November 04, 2019

Undercover reporter tells all after working for a Polish troll farm

Together with her troll colleagues, she managed 200 fake social profiles, promoted clients’ products, and trolled their competitors.

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October 23, 2019

Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran

It took down four foreign interference campaigns and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US elections.

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October 16, 2019

#FacebookLockout: Users who report fake/scam accounts locked out

Users report bad accounts, got presented with a request to verify ID, couldn't upload said ID, and got frozen out.

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December 19, 2018

Instagram became the preferred tool in Russia’s propaganda war

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."

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August 10, 2018

15,000-strong army of Twitter robots found spreading cryptocurrency spam

Researchers unearthed an army of 15,000 robot Twitter accounts plying a cryptocurrency scam.

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August 02, 2018

Facebook bans midterm-meddling accounts and pages

Facebook says it has removed 32 Pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram for violating its policies.

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