Most Twitter Accounts Linked To 2016 Disinformation Are Still Active, Report Finds
6 years, 5 months ago

Most Twitter Accounts Linked To 2016 Disinformation Are Still Active, Report Finds

NPR  

Most Twitter Accounts Linked To 2016 Disinformation Are Still Active, Report Finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Jose Luis Magana/AP Most of the Twitter accounts that spread disinformation during the 2016 presidential campaign remain active now, according to an ambitious new study released on Thursday. Knight Foundation researchers examined millions of tweets and concluded that more than 80 percent of the accounts associated with the 2016 disinformation campaign are still posting — even after Twitter announced back in July that it had instituted a purge of fake accounts. In the ecosystem of Twitter accounts pumping out false information and linking to conspiracy websites, "the true proportion of automated accounts may have exceeded 70 percent," the authors write. Sixty-five percent of fake and conspiracy news linked on Twitter in the month before the 2016 election went to the ten largest fraudulent news websites, according to the report.

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After Trump's victory, U.S. election falsehoods shift left
4 months, 2 weeks ago

After Trump's victory, U.S. election falsehoods shift left

Raw Story  

Right-wing falsehoods about voter fraud fell off a cliff after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election, but American liberals took a page from their playbook to push wild conspiracy theories that have fueled doubt about the democratic process. "What we're seeing now is an uptick in election fraud claims from the left, particularly in the days following Election Day …

Misinformation fears mount over second Trump term
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Misinformation fears mount over second Trump term

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's election victory paves the way for a fresh wave of misinformation, not only around politics but also on vaccines and climate, with his expected cabinet picks ready to challenge the scientific community. "The problem of misinformation and disinformation is the worst it's ever been," said Bill Adair, a Duke University professor who founded the fact-checking site PolitiFact and …

Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Are Already Thriving Online
55 years, 3 months ago

Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Are Already Thriving Online

Wired  

Election workers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are not destroying mail-in ballots cast for former president Donald Trump. The Department of Defense did not issue a directive last month giving US soldiers unprecedented authority to use lethal force against Trump supporters who riot if the former president loses next week. These are just a small sample of the flood of voting-related …

A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts
5 months ago

A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts

NPR  

A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A network of accounts on the social media site X is claiming to be foreign nationals who have illegally voted in the U.S. presidential election, according to new research from the nonprofit Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Sponsor Message ISD said that …

Truth Social users say they’ve been scammed out of massive amounts of cash
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Truth Social users say they’ve been scammed out of massive amounts of cash

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Users of Donald Trump’s …

U.S. Accuses Russia Of Spreading Disinformation Ahead Of Presidential Election
6 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. Accuses Russia Of Spreading Disinformation Ahead Of Presidential Election

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced wide-ranging actions Wednesday meant to call out Russian influence in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, unsealing criminal charges against two employees of a Russian state-run media company and seizing internet domains used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the actions relate to Russia’s use of state …

Trump shooter's alleged social media posts 'revealed' by website's CEO
8 months ago

Trump shooter's alleged social media posts 'revealed' by website's CEO

Daily Mail  

The CEO of the social networking website Gab has revealed posts that he claims may have been written by Donald Trump 's would-be assassin Thomas Crooks. Andrew Torba said on Wednesday that an unnamed law enforcement agency informed him that Crooks may have posted pro-Biden messages on Gab, a platform known for its alt-right users and conspiratorial content. In another …

Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age

CNN  

CNN — Saturday’s shooting at a Donald Trump rally was the first assassination attempt of a US presidential candidate in the age of social media – and the former president had barely been hit before the internet was abuzz with all sorts of unsubstantiated explanations for what had, or had not, occurred. Conspiracy theories spread wildly Almost immediately after Trump …

How politics, engagement bait and money opened up a firehose of falsehoods following Trump's shooting
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How politics, engagement bait and money opened up a firehose of falsehoods following Trump's shooting

ABC  

"Donald Trump's attempted assassination was a staged event from within his team to boost his electoral chances. Just hours after the shocking attempt on Trump's life, these are a few of the many unfounded conspiracy theories that popular online influencers with millions of followers started spreading about 20-year-old shooter Thomas Crooks's motivations. #1 The asset management firm BlackRock planned the …

Minutes after Trump shooting, misinformation started flying. Here are the facts
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Minutes after Trump shooting, misinformation started flying. Here are the facts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Within minutes of the gunfire, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump spawned a vast sea of claims — some outlandish, others contradictory — reflecting the frightening uncertainties of the moment as well as America’s fevered, polarized political climate. They go online to try to figure it out.” Here’s a look at the claims that surfaced online …

US intel reveals Russia plans to meddle in 2024 election
8 months, 3 weeks ago

US intel reveals Russia plans to meddle in 2024 election

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Russia will attempt to influence the 2024 US presidential election …

Fake news on social media is the problem we’re all ignoring – trust me, I worked for Twitter
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Fake news on social media is the problem we’re all ignoring – trust me, I worked for Twitter

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Back when I worked at Twitter, …

Fake Accounts Calling for 'Pro-Sikh Protests' Were Created in China, Meta Finds
10 months ago

Fake Accounts Calling for 'Pro-Sikh Protests' Were Created in China, Meta Finds

The Quint  

Scale: Meta said that it took down over 37 Facebook accounts, 13 Pages, five Groups, and nine accounts on Instagram for displaying coordinated inauthentic behaviour promoting 'Operation K'. Reach: "About 2,700 accounts followed one or more of these Pages, about 1,300 accounts joined one or more of these Groups, and under 100 accounts followed one or more of these Instagram …

The 'Sift' strategy: A four-step method for spotting misinformation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The 'Sift' strategy: A four-step method for spotting misinformation

BBC  

The 'Sift' strategy: A four-step method for spotting misinformation Javier Hirschfeld/Getty Images The Sift method is a way to spot misinformation Pioneered by digital literacy experts, the "Sift" strategy is a technique for spotting fake news and misleading social media posts, says Amanda Ruggeri. What you're looking for is whether a more trustworthy source, like a reputable news outlet or …

Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. NEW YORK — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed “skyrocketing” rates of voters registering without a photo ID in three states this year — two of …

China spreads MAGA conspiracy theories on faked social media accounts: report
11 months, 4 weeks ago

China spreads MAGA conspiracy theories on faked social media accounts: report

Raw Story  

Chinese accounts designed to look like they belong to American supporters of Donald Trump are taking to social media, pushing conspiracy theories and attacking President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election, according to researchers and government officials. Echoing disruption campaigns against the U.S. that originated in Russia, China's actions signal a more concerted push to use social media as …

'Hemorrhaging users': Trump's Truth Social's longtime 'viability' questioned after merger
1 year ago

'Hemorrhaging users': Trump's Truth Social's longtime 'viability' questioned after merger

Raw Story  

The merger on Friday between Digital World Acquisition Corp. and the Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Donald Trump's Truth Social, may have resulted in a temporary $3 billion windfall for the former president, but technology experts are more than skeptical that the merged company will survive in the long term. The report notes that after three …

Social Media Is Getting Smaller—and More Treacherous
1 year, 2 months ago

Social Media Is Getting Smaller—and More Treacherous

Wired  

In 2024, social media will get small. Thrown off the platform after the January 6 insurrection, Trump moved to the much smaller Truth Social, a network whose main selling point seemed to be his presence. Millions of us find these spaces in subreddits, Facebook groups, or even on special-purpose social networks, such as Archive of One’s Own, which links together …

Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024
1 year, 4 months ago

Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said Thursday. “Foreign threat actors are attempting to reach people across the internet ahead of next year’s elections, and …

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024
1 year, 4 months ago

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024

NPR  

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024 Enlarge this image toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images Brandon Bell/Getty Images In Marion County, Fla., elections supervisor Wesley Wilcox has stopped using the word "misinformation." Sponsor Message Another feature of DHS's election security work that seems to be fading into the background is a website called "Rumor …

How the fog of war spun rumors of terrorism out of a deadly Long Beach crash
1 year, 5 months ago

How the fog of war spun rumors of terrorism out of a deadly Long Beach crash

LA Times  

A car struck pedestrians in a crosswalk as well as vehicles in the Oct. 14 crash at Shoreline Drive and Aquarium Way in Long Beach. “In such turbulent times, like the one we’re experiencing now, misinformation and disinformation can spread like wildfire and in turn further fueling tension and widespread misinformation,” Goldenberg said. Allison Gallagher, a Long Beach police spokesperson, …

‘Rage-baiting’ leftist Twitter account is probably fake, expert says
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Rage-baiting’ leftist Twitter account is probably fake, expert says

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A popular left-wing Twitter account with thousands of followers, which …

False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise
1 year, 10 months ago

False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In an interview this week, Twitter owner Elon Musk said users making false claims of stolen elections “will be corrected” on the platform. Prompted by a CNBC reporter for extra assurance that would happen, Musk responded, “Oh yeah, 100%.” fa8f7640c9f64c078dbb83f9ccd3d42f Yet many such claims have thrived on Twitter in the week since former President Donald Trump spent …

Twitter Warned By EU Over Disinformation, Favouring Russia Agenda
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter Warned By EU Over Disinformation, Favouring Russia Agenda

ABP News  

According to a recent tweet by Vera Jourova, Vice-President for Values and Transparency at the EU, the EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk's Twitter over the spread of disinformation and promotion of the Kremlin agenda. Jourova expressed her concern that Twitter's policies have made the digital information space unsafe and susceptible to malicious influence from authoritarian governments. Jourova …

'Monetising hate': Unease as misinformation swirls on Twitter
1 year, 11 months ago

'Monetising hate': Unease as misinformation swirls on Twitter

The Hindu  

When the iconic U.S. diaper company Huggies was swamped with false paedophilia allegations last month, the conspiracy was traced to a once-banned influencer reinstated to Twitter by Elon Musk. "Anecdotally, there's no doubt that the flood of toxic content from repeat offenders Elon has re-platformed is driving real-world harm," Jesse Lehrich, cofounder of the advocacy group Accountable Tech, told AFP. …

Thousands Of Pro-Trump Bots Are Attacking Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley
2 years ago

Thousands Of Pro-Trump Bots Are Attacking Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump. Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina …

Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis and Haley on Twitter
2 years ago

Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis and Haley on Twitter

LA Times  

Tens of thousands of fake Twitter accounts have been created to support former President Trump and attack critics and potential rivals such as former South Carolina Gov. Over the last 11 months, someone created thousands of fake automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for former President Trump. While the …

Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley
2 years ago

Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump. Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. …

E.U. calls out Twitter for incomplete disinformation report
2 years, 1 month ago

E.U. calls out Twitter for incomplete disinformation report

The Hindu  

Twitter failed to provide a full report to the European Union on its efforts to combat online disinformation, drawing a rebuke Thursday from top officials of the 27-nation bloc. The company signed up to the EU's voluntary 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation last year — before billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the social media platform. Google, TikTok, Microsoft …

EU calls out Twitter for incomplete disinformation report
2 years, 1 month ago

EU calls out Twitter for incomplete disinformation report

Associated Press  

LONDON — Twitter failed to provide a full report to the European Union on its efforts to combat online disinformation, drawing a rebuke Thursday from top officials of the 27-nation bloc. The company signed up to the EU’s voluntary 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation last year — before billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the social media platform. Google, …

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion
2 years, 1 month ago

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion

NPR  

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Former Twitter officials denied claims the U.S. government and Joe Biden's presidential campaign were involved in the social network's controversial, short-lived decision to block users from sharing a New York Post story about Biden's son Hunter just weeks before the 2020 …

Opinion: Fake News Is Traveling Faster Than True Stories
2 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Fake News Is Traveling Faster Than True Stories

Huff Post  

Ever since social media became one of the chief methods of propagating information, we’ve had to parse out what’s real and what’s propagandistic hogwash. But that overload is no excuse to get buckwild with the “share” button based on the headline of a story that you didn’t read or to immediately froth at the mouth in rage at a tweet …

Why Twitter is ditching its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy now and shirking a “huge responsibility”
2 years, 4 months ago

Why Twitter is ditching its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy now and shirking a “huge responsibility”

Firstpost  

Twitter’s campaign to tackle COVID misinformation has been vital to suppress fake news. Much to the dismay of health experts and Twitter users, Elon Musk-led Twitter has announced that the platform will no longer be enforcing its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy. “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” the social media platform …

Donald Trump announces 2024 White House bid: How the media can cover his presidency campaign responsibly
2 years, 4 months ago

Donald Trump announces 2024 White House bid: How the media can cover his presidency campaign responsibly

Firstpost  

Now that Donald Trump is running for US president in 2024, journalists cannot follow the usual rules for covering a candidate who routinely defies democratic norms and lies with abandon Now that he’s in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus that is Donald Trump is returning for a new season. There’s a third reason that Trump will get the …

Fake Trump, Bush, Tesla storm Twitter after verification dropped
2 years, 4 months ago

Fake Trump, Bush, Tesla storm Twitter after verification dropped

Al Jazeera  

Fake Twitter accounts explode across the platform after Elon Musk scraps verification policies. Fake Twitter accounts have exploded across the platform after new owner Elon Musk scrapped the site’s verification policies as trolls impersonate famous figures and companies including the billionaire’s carmaker Tesla. The flood of impersonator accounts, including fake profiles for former United States President George W Bush and …

Twitter slow to act on misleading U.S. election content, experts say
2 years, 4 months ago

Twitter slow to act on misleading U.S. election content, experts say

The Hindu  

Election experts reported the spread of new falsehoods across Twitter and other social media services on Tuesday as Americans voted in midterm elections, four days after Twitter Inc. fired half its staff and new owner Elon Musk tweeted a recommendation to vote for Republican candidates. The nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause, which monitors social media for voter suppression efforts, said …

Is Musk’s Twitter ready for a surge in US midterm misinformation?
2 years, 4 months ago

Is Musk’s Twitter ready for a surge in US midterm misinformation?

Al Jazeera  

Layoffs at Twitter have already led to a ‘big slowdown’ in its responses to tweets spreading false information. On Tuesday morning, misleading posts continued to spread on Twitter and Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook that voting machine glitches were evidence of vote tampering and that if results were finalised by the end of the day, it meant the election was fraudulent, …

Musk now gets chance to defeat Twitter’s many fake accounts
2 years, 5 months ago

Musk now gets chance to defeat Twitter’s many fake accounts

Associated Press  

Twitter’s unending fight against spam accounts is now a problem for new owner Elon Musk, who pledged in April to defeat the bot scourge or “die trying!” He later cited bots as a reason to back out of buying the social platform. “The bigger picture in my mind is: How do we make Twitter a better place for everybody,” said …

Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show
2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show

The Hindu  

billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform. The research also found a shift in interests over the past two years among Twitter's most active English-speaking users that could make the platform less attractive to advertisers. Twitter was motivated to investigate “disturbing” trends among users that may have been masked by overall …

Social media platforms have done ‘half-measures’ to root out election disinformation
2 years, 5 months ago

Social media platforms have done ‘half-measures’ to root out election disinformation

LA Times  

Baseless claims about election fraud continue to flourish on popular internet platforms ahead of the midterms, despite what the companies say have been efforts to contain them. A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children’s museum are brainwashing children so they’ll accept stolen elections. While platforms like Twitter, TikTok, …

Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
2 years, 5 months ago

Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem

Associated Press  

A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children’s museum are brainwashing children so they’ll accept stolen elections. While platforms like Twitter, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube say they’ve expanded their work to detect and stop harmful claims that could suppress the vote or even lead to violent confrontations, a review …

Social media platforms brace for U.S. midterm elections mayhem
2 years, 5 months ago

Social media platforms brace for U.S. midterm elections mayhem

The Hindu  

A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children's museum are brainwashing children so they'll accept stolen elections. While platforms like Twitter, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube say they've expanded their work to detect and stop harmful claims that could suppress the vote or even lead to violent confrontations, a review …

Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
2 years, 5 months ago

Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers …

Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
2 years, 5 months ago

Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem

Al Jazeera  

Misinformation about voting and elections abounds on social media despite promises by tech companies to curb these. A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children’s museum are brainwashing children so they will accept stolen elections. While platforms like Twitter, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube say they have expanded their work …

Twitter put ads next to tweets sharing images of child sexual abuse
2 years, 6 months ago

Twitter put ads next to tweets sharing images of child sexual abuse

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Either Twitter is going to fix this, or we’ll fix it by any means we can, which …

Russia's 'most-complex' disinformation push since Ukraine invasion taken down, Facebook owner says
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia's 'most-complex' disinformation push since Ukraine invasion taken down, Facebook owner says

ABC  

Russia's largest and most complex propaganda push since the war in Ukraine has been taken down, according to the owner of Facebook and Instagram. Key points: The network ran dozens of sham websites designed to look like legitimate news outlets It also involved more than 1,600 fake Facebook profiles Meta says it was disbanded before gaining a large audience The …

Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough
2 years, 6 months ago

Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough

NPR  

Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. The host of election-related announcements in recent weeks add up to a "business as usual" approach, said Katie Harbath, a former elections policy director at Facebook who's now a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Branching out beyond English is an important step towards addressing a "glaring omission" in previous elections, said …

Judge orders Twitter to hand over to Elon Musk 9,000 accounts they used in 2021 audit
2 years, 7 months ago

Judge orders Twitter to hand over to Elon Musk 9,000 accounts they used in 2021 audit

Daily Mail  

A US judge told Twitter on Thursday to surrender more data to Elon Musk on fake accounts, a key issue the billionaire is using to try to cancel his buyout bid. June 6: Musk threatens to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts. July 8: …

Meta set to take action on bullying and harassment content- Know-how
2 years, 7 months ago

Meta set to take action on bullying and harassment content- Know-how

India TV News  

Meta displayed warnings on over 200 million distinct pieces of content on Facebook globally in the April-June period based on over 130,000 debunking articles written by its fact-checking partners. "We continue to make progress on the prevalence of bullying and harassment content, which is now eight to nine views per 10,000 on Facebook and four to five views per 10,000 …

Meta, Twitter bust ‘deceptive’ pro-US influence campaign: report
2 years, 7 months ago

Meta, Twitter bust ‘deceptive’ pro-US influence campaign: report

Al Jazeera  

Fake accounts promoted pro-Western narratives while trying to discredit China, Russia and Iran, researchers say. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter disrupted pro-United States covert influence operations that used “deceptive tactics” to shape opinion in Central Asia and the Middle East, according to a report by internet researchers. “These posts primarily focused on US support for central Asian countries and their people, …

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