Facebook And Twitter Delete Pro-Western Bot Networks – study
Twitter and Facebook have deleted a network of suspicious accounts said to be involved in “covert influence operations” online, including efforts to promote “pro-Western” sentiment and demonize US adversaries, according to company data analyzed by researchers at Stanford University.
Between July and August, the platforms removed “two overlapping sets of accounts” for “manipulation,” “spam” and “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” the researchers said, noting that they had found a similar “interconnected web of accounts” on six other social media sites. The accounts used “deceptive tactics” to “promote pro-Western narratives,” and many continued to operate for nearly five years.
Though neither Twitter or Meta could say who was operating the accounts, Twitter named the US and the UK as the “presumptive countries of origin,” while Meta said the activity was traced back to the United States.
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