Facebook removed hundreds more accounts linked to the Myanmar military
In a blog post published Tuesday night, Facebook said it took down 425 Pages and 150 additional Facebook and Instagram accounts "linked to the Myanmar military." At least 2.5 million people "followed at least one of these Facebook Pages," the company added. It's the third time since August that Facebook has taken down Pages and accounts linked to the Myanmar military, and these new Pages were part of the same network of accounts Facebook removed in the past, a spokesperson confirmed. Facebook was able to link these accounts to the Myanmar military in a number of ways. In other cases, Facebook noticed "infrastructure overlap," such as matching IP addresses, between military devices and the Facebook accounts. The military has used Facebook to help spread propaganda to support that mission, and Facebook has been criticized for moving too slowly to stop the spread of this propaganda.
Facebook suspends accounts over Alabama Senate race tactics
not to mention The Washington Post and New York Times have reported that a social media researcher acknowledged testing misleading online tactics during U.S. Sen. Doug Jones' campaign against Republican Roy Moore last year. The effort was modeled on alleged Russian attempts to bolster the candidacy of President Donald Trump in 2016. Jones told reporters last week that his campaign didn't know anything about the effort. He said he is "as outraged as everyone else" about the allegations.
Facebook removed hundreds more accounts linked to the Myanmar military
In a blog post published Tuesday night, Facebook said it took down 425 Pages and 150 additional Facebook and Instagram accounts "linked to the Myanmar military." At least 2.5 million people "followed at least one of these Facebook Pages," the company added. It's the third time since August that Facebook has taken down Pages and accounts linked to the Myanmar military, and these new Pages were part of the same network of accounts Facebook removed in the past, a spokesperson confirmed. Facebook was able to link these accounts to the Myanmar military in a number of ways. In other cases, Facebook noticed "infrastructure overlap," such as matching IP addresses, between military devices and the Facebook accounts. The military has used Facebook to help spread propaganda to support that mission, and Facebook has been criticized for moving too slowly to stop the spread of this propaganda.
as mentioned in The Washington Post and New York Times have reported that a social media researcher acknowledged testing misleading online tactics during U.S. Sen. Doug Jones' campaign against Republican Roy Moore last year. The effort was modeled on alleged Russian attempts to bolster the candidacy of President Donald Trump in 2016. Jones told reporters last week that his campaign didn't know anything about the effort. He said he is "as outraged as everyone else" about the allegations.
Facebook suspends accounts over Alabama Senate race tactics
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