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• @twittersafety @twittersafety on x

  We suspended five Twitter accounts for platform manipulation that we can reliably attribute to Russian state actors. As standard, they will be included in updates to our database of information operations in the coming weeks to empower academic research. https://help.twitter.com/…

• @janelytv Jane Lytvynenko on x

  Today's Facebook removals mark the first time a US-based PR firm was dinged with coordinated inauthentic behavior. Also, Russia, as ever. https://buzzfeednews.com/...

• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  NEW: “Deepfake” images, a fake leftwing news outlet, unwitting Americans. The Russian troll group the Internet Research Agency is at it all, says Facebook, acting on a tip from the FBI. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @juliacarriew Julia Carrie Wong on x

  I chatted with four journalists who were duped by the Russian influence operation website. “I'm a freelance writer - I'm used to getting taken advantage of.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @caitoz Caitlin Johnstone on x

  The “illusory truth effect” is a glitch in human cognition which causes us to conflate things we've heard many times before with established facts. In this way people can be persuaded to accept something as true by sheer mindless repetition; no facts or evidence required. https:/…

• @ilvestoomas Toomas Hendrik Ilves on x

  Imagine what they're doing in countries where there is no FBI that monitors this kind of disinformation https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @edborgato Ed Borgato on x

  I'm reminded of a somber quote from former deputy and acting CIA director Michael Morell: “This is the only time in American history when we've been attacked by a foreign country and not come together as a nation.” https://twitter.com/...

• @yashalevine Yasha Levine on x

  the same story recycled over and over and over again https://twitter.com/...

• @rasmus_kleis Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on x

  In a rare case where the term “fake news” is actually precise - because the problem is both fake and actively pretending to be news - Facebook and Twitter say Russian operatives are targeting Americans, esp on the left, with disinformation https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @razhael Raphael Satter on x

  Another flailing attempt at an information operation, this one featuring real writers hoodwinked into writing for an Internet Research Agency-linked website: https://www.reuters.com/...

• @petebuttigieg Pete Buttigieg on x

  Russia is interfering in our election once again—using tactics we've seen before and likely new ones as well. Congress should be getting briefed more, not less. And the American people deserve more answers about what's being done to safeguard democracy. https://www.nytimes.com/..…

• @ericgarland Eric Garland on x

  Russian intelligence *STILL* able to use Facebook to attack U.S. elections. I hope to one day go to their website and see that the FBI seized it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @evanmcmullin Evan McMullin on x

  The Russian group that interfered in the 2016 election is again using fake social media accounts and a website to spread disinformation, the first public evidence that Moscow is trying to push voters away from the Democratic presidential candidate again. https://www.nytimes.com/.…

• @dralgrossak Dr. Al Gross on x

  This is where not standing up to Russia by Putin apologists like @SenDanSullivan, has gotten us. I promise to always put country before party, especially when our democracy is under attack. https://twitter.com/...

• @johnreedwrites @johnreedwrites on x

  Wow: Russia's Internet Research Agency set up a fake news organisation with fake journalists, fake Twitter and LinkedIn accounts, and real commissions for freelance journalists https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @natsechobbyist Livingmybestlife on x

  This is ridiculous. The Russian government has only one goal: destabilizing the US. If your friends on FB post crazy disinformation articles, you can post this. https://twitter.com/...

• @draculahadgout Germn de la Roche on x

  These are Russian intelligence operations. Conducted with some measure of deniability yes but strip away the noise and you find the Russian intelligence services. Calling them “trolls” is misleading and reduces the meaning/impact of what is happening... https://www.nbcnews.com/..…

• @frankfigliuzzi1 Frank Figliuzzi on x

  They've never stopped: Russian internet trolls hired U.S. journalists to push their news website, Facebook says #PutinsPuppets https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @marshallcohen Marshall Cohen on x

  Few things: —ODNI said on 8/7 that “Kremlin-linked actors are seeking to boost President Trump's candidacy on social media.” Now we see details. —FB's investigators say “the operation wanted to divide Democratic voters” and recruited unwitting Americans. Same playbook as 2016. ht…

• @truth_truth_now Lincoln on x

  Of course RUSSIA and Donald's friend Putin are at it again!! https://twitter.com/...

• @lrozen Laura Rozen on x

  “'...It looks like the operation wanted to divide Democratic voters, the same way the IRA tried in 2016.'” https://twitter.com/...

• @fridaghitis Frida Ghitis on x

  The Kremlin is doing it again — 2020 Election interferece https://twitter.com/...

• @blackamazon @blackamazon on x

  This is a press push ? It's a muddled one and it's actually horrific https://twitter.com/...

• @kendilaniannbc Ken Dilanian on x

  “They DM'd me on Twitter and said hey do you wanna write for us, we'll give you $200 an article,” the journalist, who requested to not be named so as not to draw undue attention to having worked for a misleading news operation, said. https://www.nbcnews.com/... via @nbcnews

• @yamiche Yamiche Alcindor on x

  The Russian group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election is at it again, using a network of fake accounts and a website set up to look like a left-wing news site, Facebook said on Tuesday. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @graphika_nyc Graphika on x

  New Report: Facebook takedown of Russian, IRA-linked operation targeting US and other countries that used AI-generated profile pictures, employed unwitting content creators, used carefully crafted accounts and used pinpoint precision: https://graphika.com/...

• @camillefrancois Camille Franois on x

  Our team is contributing an analysis of the IRA-affiliated operation, which centered around an inauthentic “news” site, PeaceData. @Twitter also took action against this operation, which was initially flagged by U.S. law enforcement. 📘 Full report here: https://graphika.com/...

• @noupside Renee DiResta on x

  Since they aren't “inauthentic” in the sockpuppet persona sense of the word this is a tougher claim for the platform to unravel. This operation was a hybrid: real and fake. Here's Graphika's excellent report on it: https://graphika.com/...

• @campuscodi Catalin Cimpanu on x

  The site was a mix between Qanon wackos and political topics... resulting in some garbage reporting like the one below https://twitter.com/...

• @ngleicher Nathaniel Gleicher on x

  1/ Today we released our Aug CIB report, including a US-based PR firm (CLS) targeting Latin America; an op targeting critics of the Pakistani government; and an IRA-linked op targeting the US, UK, Egypt, Algeria, and across the Middle East. Thread: https://about.fb.com/...

• @lachlan Lachlan Markay on x

  The subtlety of operations like this (you see it w/ RT too) is that they rely on sincere and committed left-wing ideologues in the US. They're not on the take, they were just hired precisely b/c their work and views align with the goals of a regime that hates US power projection …

• @yoda Drew Olanoff on x

  *but refuses to fix the infrastructure/loopholes used to continually do things like this https://twitter.com/...

• @mollyjongfast Molly Jong-Fast on x

  Why won't Facebook do anything? https://www.cnn.com/...

• @cnni @cnni on x

  People associated with the infamous St. Petersburg troll group that was part of Russia's attempt to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election are trying to target Americans again, Facebook announced after receiving a tip from the FBI. https://www.cnn.com/...

• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  #BREAK Following a tip from the FBI, Facebook finds a website purporting to be an independent left wing news outlet targeting the US is tied to the Russian troll group the IRA. https://www.cnn.com/...

• @kendilaniannbc Ken Dilanian on x

  The bad news: The Russians are still at it on social media. The good news: They are not breaking through and the NSA keeps catching them. https://twitter.com/...

• @ridt Thomas Rid on x

  Old-school disinformation tactics on display here, with a couple of noteworthy new twists https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @benimmo Ben Nimmo on x

  Here's @Graphika_NYC's report on the PeaceData op. We call it “Unlucky Thirteen”: 13 accounts in the Facebook set (and 2 pages), and they didn't get much traction. Of note: the operation hired apparently unwitting freelancers to write for them. https://graphika.com/...