As Ukraine preps for Sunday's election, officials and candidates say Facebook, despite recent improvements, has been slow to respond to Russian disinformation
circumventing Facebook's new safeguards by paying Ukrainian citizens to give a Russian agent access to their personal pages http://www.nytimes.com/... @blmohr : “...the operation in Ukraine this year had a clever twist. It tried to circumvent Facebook's new safeguards by paying Ukrainian citizens to give a Russian agent access to their personal pages.” http://www.nytimes.com/... Eugene Chausovsky / @eugenechausovsk : With no pro-#Russia candidate having a chance to win #Ukraine's elections this weekend, cyber attacks and social media propaganda will be key tools for Moscow to influence the vote In Ukraine, Russia Tests a New Facebook Tactic in Election Tampering http://www.nytimes.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Twist! Russians are paying Ukrainian citizens for access to their personal Facebook pages for use in information operations http://www.nytimes.com/... Scott Rose / @rprose : Russian agents are offering to buy or rent Ukrainian Facebook pages to influence this weekend's election, a change in tactics after measures taken by Facebook following the 2016 U.S. election via @mschwirtz & @sheeraf http://www.nytimes.com/...