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I'm excited about this change in the @facebook news feed.
— Lisa Fazio (@lkfazio) October 21, 2019
In addition to ⬇️ distribution, posts labelled as false by 3rd party fact-checkers will be hidden initially.
Psych research suggests this will be much more effective than simple labelshttps://t.co/f8SmeLKz6w pic.twitter.com/6MUewDA5hI
So @facebook still is outsourcing the detection of misinformation and it’s openly inviting politicians to lie in ads. (And still tracking you all over). But these new warnings are a bit better than the old ones, so maybe they’ll help. More on this at https://t.co/OHluKjyM0f pic.twitter.com/oOkVgF1HRP
— Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg) October 21, 2019
This is a very good change from Facebook that would directly hit the sort of co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour that the company had no response to when @JimWaterson discovered it earlier this year - if it weren’t US only. https://t.co/4wvl5chrc7 pic.twitter.com/jrREnIpkuz
— untitled hern account (@alexhern) October 21, 2019
Zuck re-defending allowing politicians to lie in ads. Same as previous arguments, frames it as a speech issue, not a $ issue. Says FB would much rather give up political ad money instead of getting hammered over this but he thinks it's important. https://t.co/9KGwljmdrB
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) October 21, 2019
We’re adding more information on who is behind a Page.
— Facebook (@facebook) October 21, 2019
You’ll begin to see Pages’ “Confirmed Page Owner,” including an organization’s legal name and a verified city, phone number or website pic.twitter.com/arlZMKEgBg
Why doesn’t Facebook just refuse to accept political ads? Don’t they make enough money with all the other ads they sell? Sell ads for socks and toasters and concerts and pharmaceuticals. Why can’t they sit out politics? The answer is greed. https://t.co/e66Y5Of4W0
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) October 21, 2019
This is right out of the IRA playbook: create a fake group with strong ethnic affinity, build an audience with clickbait and then inject stories tied to your actual objectives. Going from "America's Racist Presidents" to a story about the Iranian FM is a bit ham-handed. pic.twitter.com/J2AU9GCkkS
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) October 21, 2019
if this were true wouldn't you be banning misinformation in paid ads? https://t.co/PJ0YywhjDh
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) October 21, 2019
Notable that Russian influence attempts reach across politics: black activist groups, anti-police-violence activists, police supporters LGBTQ groups, environmentalists, gun-rights activists.
— Carl Miller (@carljackmiller) October 21, 2019
The aim likely to stir up as much outrage between these groups as possible. https://t.co/j4q1Ks8XIt
The disinfo campaign from Russia featured hallmarks of the Internet Research Agency, according to Facebook, and trolls took steps to conceal their identity/location. Campaign was in its early stages, per FB, and Russians were looking to grow their following. https://t.co/FS12mm1Dxl
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 21, 2019
Feeling good about the prediction that multiple foreign actors will be involved with an initial focus on the Dem primary. That would be the natural use of left-leaning IG personas: to amplify discontent and disunity among minor-candidate supporters.https://t.co/fJIjRCsIdi pic.twitter.com/HPoucCq4C4
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) October 21, 2019
Other Instagram account names included stop.trump2020, bernie.2020__, iowa.patriot, and feminist_agenda_,
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 21, 2019
Facebook isn’t refusing ad money from state controlled media outlets but it will label their Facebook pages as such https://t.co/VJrJcAtxMK
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) October 21, 2019
We’ll begin labeling state-controlled media on their Page and in the Ad Library pic.twitter.com/fBYHEDhJCt
— Facebook (@facebook) October 21, 2019
Using AOC as a figurehead to manipulate Latin American countries (in this case, Venezuela per the 4 Febrero name) is a new twist, and a good example of how we can't consider these campaigns in the context of only one country. pic.twitter.com/nxecBoepIm
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) October 21, 2019
The first (to my knowledge) inauthentic network targeting the US 2020 election has been found on Facebook. All were Groups masquerading as v. wide array of politically active communities, but still growing their reach and influence
— Carl Miller (@carljackmiller) October 21, 2019
H/T @ChloeColliver2 https://t.co/jzCuAfrfol
Some insta-reactions:
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) October 21, 2019
1) Iranian accounts show their traditional regional focus but also an expansion into trying to influence US politics directly. https://t.co/g01F9YusOL
Today, we’re sharing an update on how we’re preparing for the 2020 US elections: https://t.co/T4vdGKI907 pic.twitter.com/rTlJI7bWhG
— Facebook (@facebook) October 21, 2019
good morning
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 21, 2019
facebook rolls out more updates to safeguard the platform in the run-up to the 2020 election...
...while also announcing takedowns of four new disinformation campaigns — three from Iran, one from Russia. more than 50 takedowns in 2019https://t.co/vB2nNnIxlA
Zuck correctly notes that Google and Twitter have same policy (but don't get any shit for it). And also notes that TV guys do the same — but they're required to by law. Have yet to hear him say Facebook should be regulated by same laws as broadcasters, tho. https://t.co/z8q4vkWVD8
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) October 21, 2019
Why don’t they just buy ads?
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) October 21, 2019
Apparently, if you’re involved in politics, your ads on @Facebook can say anything! https://t.co/5w2Uf0Ax3S
Facebook is copying Google and Microsoft's politician/candidate protection programs with something called Facebook Protect. https://t.co/mkPsxmh9rS
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) October 21, 2019
"Accounts will be monitored for hacking, such as login attempts from unusual locations or unverified devices." pic.twitter.com/0nSd3VfVLm
In examining Facebook’s latest disclosure about IRA election meddling, you should notice how the company’s press release says little about what candidates were targeted. Two of four examples show one account pushing a stop Trump and one pro Bernie account. https://t.co/b08bDtOnCb pic.twitter.com/MsHW9px0tH
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) October 21, 2019
Really don't think a press release authored by a lifetime Republican operative is going to convince me that Facebook is taking "election integrity" seriously. https://t.co/Rrn8MowGTA pic.twitter.com/sz6MBxzrcK
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) October 21, 2019
#BREAK Biden a top Russian target online, new Facebook data shows https://t.co/Bu9Kb13ALV
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 21, 2019
We’re updating the Ad Library.
— Facebook (@facebook) October 21, 2019
A new U.S. presidential candidate spend tracker will share ad details across national, state and regional levels. We’ll also make it clear if an ad ran on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or the Audience Network pic.twitter.com/1pPQJKSC7t
Accounts with usernames like https://t.co/UYy2Gkx0ND and michigan_black_community_ looked like they were run by black activists. There were also pro and anti-Trump accounts, and accounts posing as feminists, LGBTQ rights advocates, and environmentalists.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 21, 2019
"The Russian trolls who used social media to interfere in the 2016 election employed a similar tactic, going after Hillary Clinton from the right and also trying to spread a perception on the left that Clinton was not liberal enough..." https://t.co/GzQPfBnONP
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 21, 2019
We’ll also more prominently label content across Facebook and Instagram that has been rated false by third-party fact checkers pic.twitter.com/Aqbo0JHjA8
— Facebook (@facebook) October 21, 2019
Facebook has disclosed new attacks on it's platform by Iran and Russia’s Internet Research Agency.
— Recode (@Recode) October 21, 2019
At the same time, Facebook announced new moves it says will help "protect the 2020 US elections." https://t.co/23vKR2DBoG
Interested that FB is now directly targeting voter suppression. One idea I've heard often—but no one i know has confirmed—is that it generally costs less in ad targeting for consultants to suppress opposition votes than to gotv for your candidate. https://t.co/hkT03jMik1
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) October 21, 2019
at some point everyone just moved on from "of course there was no russian influence during the 2016 election that is crazy"
— darth™ (@darth) October 21, 2019
to "we will see that same russian influence in the 2020 elections" https://t.co/7uHLV2o9zv
Facebook introducing a presidential spending tracker, that will allow you to monitor spending of candidates.
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) October 21, 2019
"People linked to the IRA, the Kremlin-backed troll group indicted by the United States for its alleged interference in the 2016 US presidential election, are laying the groundwork to do the same in 2020, new info released by Facebook on Monday suggests." https://t.co/XAi7tGGgKz
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 21, 2019
From @Graphika_NYC's analysis -- many of the accounts claimed to be run from swing states pic.twitter.com/pmpLN7LsEf
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 21, 2019
NEW: Facebook fine-tunes disinfo defenses, but political ad policy stays intact. Bigger indicators when fact-checkers rate info as false, more page transparency. Also, new take downs of coordinated activities originating in Iran + Russia
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) October 21, 2019
More: https://t.co/TMgyf2IdKH
Looks like Facebook did a mopping up operation from the folks reusing the Liberty Front Press creds and infrastructure for disinfo stuff in West Africa and Latin America. Tsk tsk. Laziness gets you nowhere, trolls. https://t.co/YFs9sX3wrF
— Adam Rawnsley (@arawnsley) October 21, 2019
Facebook announces (via the NBC interview) that they’re launching an initiative that will label when media is state controlled. YouTube has been doing something similar for some time… https://t.co/lWFb6Vkoct
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) October 21, 2019
Facebook said it uncovered new efforts by groups linked to Iran and Russia to dupe the company’s users.
— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 21, 2019
It’s a reminder that the company is going to be under enormous pressure in the run-up to the 2020 election. https://t.co/rdUMxmXpXw
"People linked to the Internet Research Agency, the Kremlin-backed troll group indicted by the United States for its alleged interference in the 2016 US presidential election, are laying the groundwork to do the same in 2020..." https://t.co/JZIfbM0KE7
— Ed Bott (@edbott) October 21, 2019
Russia is interfering in 2020 and they're dividing on race.
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) October 21, 2019
"Among the accounts focused on black activism, there was a moderate amount of content opposing Kamala Harris. Harris' record as a California DA was mentioned as a reason to oppose her candidacy"https://t.co/caZ5YhlG5v
here's a page with examples of the types of content Iran/Russia were spreadinghttps://t.co/kfe9nFKmuG
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 21, 2019
there's no specific ideology or intent, it seems, beyond sowing discord
israel/palestine conflict content
posts on AOC
race-related news items
The IRA accounts seem to hit their classic racial themes, although with an Instagram focus. This has been the obvious trend since the 2018 midterms. The cross-posting of Twitter content is interesting and we'll see if we get an announcement from Twitter soon. pic.twitter.com/3oiCOLQLT8
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) October 21, 2019
Breaking this afternoon: Russian trolls set their sights on @JoeBiden https://t.co/R5nVbUMR7T pic.twitter.com/hPpMeE9O26
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 21, 2019
We now have over 35,000 employees working on safety and security
— Facebook (@facebook) October 21, 2019
See a full list of updates here: https://t.co/T4vdGKI907 pic.twitter.com/myNI2isUPg
BREAKING: @Facebook just announced a batch of takedowns from Iran and Russia, including posts targeting the 2020 election.
— Ben Nimmo (@benimmo) October 21, 2019
The Russian operation "showed some links" to the Russian IRA troll farm. @Graphika_NYC analysed the Russian operation here: https://t.co/rgQG6evN5r
?Our report on the latest Russian operation targeting US 2020 elections on Instagram is out. #IRACopyPasta?had strong overlap w/ targets, content, divisive issues previously seen in IRA ops, but better OPSEC. See @benimmo's thread, and full report here: https://t.co/vh5fVHYi0Q https://t.co/ah1gyKuGsl
— Camille François (@camillefrancois) October 21, 2019
New Facebook security program will warn presidential candidates of hacking attempts https://t.co/KoSQpQzUGO
— Sean Lyngaas (@snlyngaas) October 21, 2019
Facebook used to just note that a post labeled false by fact-checkers had "additional information." Now it'll actually call stuff "false" https://t.co/LBmahP0IhM
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) October 21, 2019
They got a ton of criticism for how unclear that was after we showed them fake Pelosi video https://t.co/1squYDG2Hb pic.twitter.com/ersvgNwNsh
#Facebook: "we have now implemented our policy banning paid advertising that suggests voting is useless or meaningless, or advises people not to vote." Does that apply to paid advertising from politicians? https://t.co/oLdH0Y5JEY #ethics #internet #tech #democracy #socialmedia
— Internet Ethics (@IEthics) October 21, 2019
Really don't think a press release authored by a lifetime Republican operative is going to convince me that Facebook is taking "election integrity" seriously. https://t.co/Rrn8MowGTA pic.twitter.com/sz6MBxzrcK
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) October 21, 2019
Hi Facebook, thanks for promising to protect the 2020 US election on the day Canada has an election that some of these measures could have been useful for.https://t.co/JL4XhxoQL8
— Jeff Yates (@Jeff__yates) October 21, 2019
Learn more about this and Facebook’s other election integrity efforts: https://t.co/4WWv8MalJk
— Instagram (@instagram) October 21, 2019
Facebook offers an update on its 2020 prep, much of which has to do with more/better/clearer labeling – of the provenance of Pages, political ads, content generated by state-controlled media or labeled “false or partly false” by fact-checkers - https://t.co/Vzrb3FJn3K
— Olivia Gazis (@Olivia_Gazis) October 21, 2019
Facebook is also finally displaying fact checks on Instagram. Now, when users try to share a false post, they'll get a warning message. https://t.co/mvXe6fURZ9 pic.twitter.com/m8IUPkz702
— Daniel Funke (@dpfunke) October 21, 2019
Facebook announces NEW measures to protect US Elections in 2020 https://t.co/gaR7QztaUk
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) October 21, 2019
Here's a list of all the changes @Facebook revealed today... pic.twitter.com/FUL90hiBKY
"Over the next month, content across Facebook and Instagram that has been rated false or partly false by a third-party fact-checker will start to be more prominently labeled"https://t.co/o0B634tWpL pic.twitter.com/TLSnP8RDKA
— Alexios (@Mantzarlis) October 21, 2019
Facebook will label false posts more clearly as part of an effort to prevent 2020 election interference https://t.co/SvVea5woPV pic.twitter.com/OMQBpME2AI
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) October 21, 2019
Facebook will label false posts more clearly as part of an effort to prevent 2020 election interference
— File411 (@File411) October 21, 2019
?Facebook refuses to remove said false content ?
because Money Honey <slams head on desk>https://t.co/2ouCiZDbn0 via @Verge
Facebook will label false posts more clearly as part of an effort to prevent 2020 election interference https://t.co/BbxZQdk9zo pic.twitter.com/KkHydxVjEL
— The Verge (@verge) October 21, 2019
페이스북의 2020 선거 '보호'는 여전히 거짓말 정치인을 허용 https://t.co/Jzw6adBVFL
— editoy (@editoy) October 22, 2019
• 선거 노력의 일환으로 Facebook은 후보자, 선출직 공무원 및 직원을 포함하여 선거 중에 위협에 직면 할 수있는 계정에 대한 추가 보안 조치인 Facebook Protect를 출시하고 있습니다.
Facebook offers special protections for election-related accounts https://t.co/XQshG3QfaO
— FutureShift (@futureshift) October 21, 2019
“The operators went to great lengths to hide their origins, prioritizing operational security over audience growth.”
— Matti Schneider (@matti_sg) October 22, 2019
Interesting strategy shift in the latest #IRACopyPasta #disinformation campaign. Good hint of increased security.
via @lvdefranssu https://t.co/Z6qsPCheMR
Facebook announces new security program to protect Facebook, Instagram accounts of presidential campaigns, election officials https://t.co/5jCdzR5Ojc
— Security Response (@threatintel) October 22, 2019
Facebook is now displaying fact checks more prominently on false posts. A warning label will be superimposed on debunked photos and videos. https://t.co/mvXe6fURZ9 pic.twitter.com/0uu7ZI4N0T
— Daniel Funke (@dpfunke) October 21, 2019
Impressive set of upcoming changes to #Facebook & Insta to counter #disinformation in #US2020:
— Matti Schneider (@matti_sg) October 21, 2019
•more visible #factchecking warnings (as overlays);
•enhanced account protection for campaign staff;
•ads library **dataset**;
•state media labeling;
…https://t.co/aiZSAA9WyT
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Notable that Facebook developed its own labeling definition for state-controlled media (viz. rely on a third party), will be interesting to see it in practice https://t.co/o0B634tWpL pic.twitter.com/DbPcBpZyGE
— Alexios (@Mantzarlis) October 21, 2019
When you are part of the problem. #DeleteFacebook https://t.co/E8III1mSCt
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) October 22, 2019
Facebook will label false posts more clearly as part of an effort to prevent 2020 election interference https://t.co/BbxZQdk9zo pic.twitter.com/irVqc7sApJ
— The Verge (@verge) October 22, 2019
I can't be the only one weary of all the stories about Facebook, fact-checking, and elections.
— Charlotte Jee (@charlottejee) October 22, 2019
Let's just see what Facebook actually *does*. Not what Facebook *says*.https://t.co/vWxnRZY61H
Another clever design solution would be to just not show propaganda https://t.co/YolV5I2Uh5
— daniel horrorvey (@dancharvey) October 22, 2019
My problem with the pushtowards fact-checking is that it doesn't stop shady influence.
— Carl Miller (@carljackmiller) October 22, 2019
You can build an incredibly distorted picture of the world simply through selecting some facts over others. And manipulation often happens with emotions, not facts. https://t.co/xhoSArY2uS
Facebook will label false posts more clearly as part of an effort to prevent 2020 election interference. Nothing could go wrong https://t.co/WS0fZcJnwi
— Asher Wolf (@Asher_Wolf) October 22, 2019
Facebook announces new measures to “protect” the 2020 U.S. election #Facebook #Election2020 https://t.co/QZULFmjaEF pic.twitter.com/WmLxOruJ9Y
— Neowin (@NeowinFeed) October 21, 2019