Senate report: Instagram dwarfs all social networks in Russia's IRA posts and engagements, yet Facebook execs have not been upfront about this
Body — New Reports Shed Light … Jason Parham / Wired : Targeting Black Americans, Russia's IRA Exploited Racial Wounds Wayne Rash / eWeek : Why Russian Social Media Activities Indicate Peril for Ent...
Facebook says it has blocked 115 accounts on its services that may have been engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections
As part of our efforts to prevent interference … Tony Romm / Washington Post : Facebook ties newly suspended accounts to the Kremlin, a ‘timely reminder’ of election meddling threat CNN : Facebook tak...
Twitter has published data sets of millions of tweets, images, videos, and thousands of accounts linked to Russia and Iran meddling for analysis by researchers
http://blog.twitter.com/... No surprises, there are several disinformation accounts which push Jeremy Corbyn's narratives /1 Thomas Rid / @ridt : So this is fascinating and good news for researchers: ...
Facebook faces continuing calls for regulation of microtargeted ads in US and Europe after probes of Internet Research Agency and Cambridge Analytica data use
Natasha Singer / New York Times :
Facebook faces continuing calls for regulation of microtargeted ads in US and Europe after probes of Internet Research Agency and Cambridge Analytica data use
Facebook has made a mint by enabling advertisers to identify and reach the very people most likely to react to their messages.
Facebook deletes 70 FB accounts, 138 FB Pages, and 65 Instagram accounts run by Russia's Internet Research Agency this morning, shares samples of IRA content
This morning we removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts — as well as 138 Facebook Pages — that were controlled by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA).
Facebook says Russia's Internet Research Agency spent just $0.97 on three ads seen ~200 times by UK users over four days in May 2016, shortly before Brexit vote
LONDON — Facebook, confounding expectations, said on Wednesday that the company had found no evidence of a significant Russian effort …