Posted on Aug 1, 2018
Facebook Says It Removed Pages Involved In Deceptive Political Influence Campaign
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Facebook announced Tuesday afternoon that it has removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts or pages involved in a political influence campaign with links to the Russian government. The company says the campaign included efforts to organize counterprotests on Aug. 10 to 12 for the white nationalist Unite The Right 2 rally planned in Washington that weekend. Counterfeit administrators from a fake page called "Resisters" connected with five legitimate Facebook pages to build interest and share logistical information for counterprotests, Facebook said. The imminence of that event was what prompted Facebook to go public with this information.
Facebook Says It Removed Pages Involved In Deceptive Political Influence Campaign
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Me thinks Zuck is trying to recover some of the stock hit they took last week. I have been a social media manager, and have created numerous "fake" profiles. There is no vetting process whatsoever. This sounds more like he is trying to find a bogeyman to prove that he is doing something. The board is looking to boot his butt, and he is one arrogant guy anyway. Again, it comes down to who should be the fair body that decides what is fake and what is not... It would probably be better to teach people how to spot fake stuff. They have a very very bad history of banning people and groups they don't agree with. I ran 2 similar pages. One Democrat and one Republican. Ran the same articles, did the same interactions, but the Republican one was shut down....
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SFC Ralph E Kelley
I recently took a meme from a Liberal FB page and changed the word Republicans to Democrats. I got informed that my meme was removed because it did not comply with the standards expected of posts on Facebook.
I appealed and told them the FB page where I had copied the original meme - I have not yet heard back from 'the censors'.
I appealed and told them the FB page where I had copied the original meme - I have not yet heard back from 'the censors'.
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LT Brad McInnis
SFC Ralph E Kelley - That's why his congressional hearing was a farce. This happens every day. I firmly believe that he will be out within a year.
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FaceBook is doing more than the Trump Administration when it comes to stamping out propaganda and foreign information operations over cyberspace.
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