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Sprawling Iranian disinformation campaign discovered on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

The revelation is unusual for targeting people in many countries and for involving a nation-state actor other than Russia, which has been the main focus of reporting on disinformation operations targeting the United States......»»

Category: topSource: washpostAug 21st, 2018

Sprawling Iranian disinformation campaign discovered on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

The revelation is unusual for targeting people in many countries and for involving a nation-state actor other than Russia, which has been the main focus of reporting on disinformation operations targeting the United States......»»

Category: topSource: washpostAug 21st, 2018

Sprawling Iranian disinformation campaign discovered on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

The revelation is unusual for targeting people in many countries and for involving a nation-state actor other than Russia, which has been the main focus of reporting on disinformation operations targeting the United States......»»

Category: topSource: washpostAug 21st, 2018

Facebook and Twitter disable new disinformation campaign with ties to Iran

The disabled accounts include two on Twitter mimicked Republican congressional candidates in order to push pro-Iranian political messages.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 28th, 2019

Iran"s fake news push was much bigger than Facebook, and spread to Twitter and Google

AP Images An online Iranian misinformation campaign targeting people in the US, UK,.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderAug 22nd, 2018

FireEye exposed an Iranian social media disinformation campaign. Not from Silicon Valley, but from N. Virginia.

Northern Virginia employees of California-based cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. were responsible for tipping off Facebook to an Iranian disinformation campaign dating back to 2011. FireEye's Reston and Alexandria offices conducted several weeks o.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsAug 27th, 2018

Facebook uncovers Iran disinformation to sow political discord over Trump, race

Facebook has uncovered more activity from a covert Iranian disinformation campaign and has taken steps to insulate its users from it, the company s.....»»

Category: topSource: usatodayOct 26th, 2018

Video is so 2020. Now Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are going all in on audio.

Instagram is introducing a feature to allow people to turn off video and mute themselves during Live broadcasts......»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 30th, 2021

"Shame On Us" - Emotional Georgia Mom Begs School Board: "Take These Masks Off My Child"

"Shame On Us" - Emotional Georgia Mom Begs School Board: "Take These Masks Off My Child" While Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter are chock full of virtue-signaling sheep declaring their double, triple, quadruple masking.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 23rd, 2021

Facebook "supercharged" the Stop the Steal campaign that led to the Capitol insurrection, US lawmaker says

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Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 25th, 2021

WATCH LIVE: The CEOs of Google, Facebook, and Twitter are testifying in a congressional hearing about misinformation

Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jack Dorsey are facing questions from lawmakers over online disinformation during a livestreamed hearing. The CEOs of Google, Faceb.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 25th, 2021

Zuckerberg, Pichai, Dorsey to testify at House online disinformation hearing

The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter and Google will testify before House lawmakers on March 25 about "misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms," .....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 18th, 2021

House to grill Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs as Washington seeks to crack down on disinformation, antitrust

House lawmakers are embarkin.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 18th, 2021

Myanmar"s internet shut down as protestors flooded the streets. The military coup leaders sought to shut down Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter earlier this week.

Leaders of the .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 6th, 2021

House Democrats to look into social media’s role in Capitol riot as part of broad disinformation inquiry

House Democrats plan to investigate the role Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites had in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol as part of a broader look at the rising threat of disinformation online......»»

Category: topSource: washpostJan 12th, 2021

Stripe has reportedly stopped processing Trump campaign donations after the riots in the Capitol, arguing that the campaign encourages violence

Stripe joins Facebook, Twitter, and Shopify in restricting Trump's access to their services following Wednesday's mob attack on the Capitol. President Donald Trump......»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 11th, 2021

Facebook and Twitter have been removing military troll networks, including Russian and French campaigns that were sparring over politics in Africa

Groups based in France and Russia that spread disinformation were removed by Facebook and Twitter. The networks sought to influence African politics Facebook's security team said its.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 16th, 2020

Jack Dorsey reportedly felt so betrayed that Instagram sold to Facebook that he deleted the app and hasn"t posted since (FB, TW)

AP Images Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey hasn't posted to Ins.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 15th, 2020

Inside Mike Bloomberg"s bizarre strategy to dominate social media that"s dwarfed Trump"s 2016 efforts by millions of dollars

Mike Segar/Reuters; Mike2020/Twitter; DrGrayFang/Instagram Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign has been using a unique social-media strategy to attract younger voters to the Democratic hopeful. Over the last few months, Bloomberg's campaign has.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 20th, 2020

Twitter acquired a startup founded by ex-Facebook and Instagram employees, and it could be a sign it"s working on its own Stories feature

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Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 19th, 2020

Bloomberg "meme strategy" sparks Facebook rule change

After U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's campaign paid popular Instagram accounts to post memes, parent company Facebook changed its rules to allow politicians to use branded content. Lisa Bernhard has more......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersFeb 14th, 2020