Facebook said it uncovered new efforts by groups linked to Iran and Russia to dupe the company’s users.

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

— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 21, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

Some insta-reactions:

1) Iranian accounts show their traditional regional focus but also an expansion into trying to influence US politics directly. https://t.co/g01F9YusOL

— 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

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

Facebook has disclosed new attacks on it's platform by Iran and Russia’s Internet Research Agency.

At the same time, Facebook announced new moves it says will help "protect the 2020 US elections." https://t.co/23vKR2DBoG

— Recode (@Recode) October 21, 2019

Other Instagram account names included stop.trump2020, bernie.2020__, iowa.patriot, and feminist_agenda_,

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 21, 2019

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

Facebook has removed a network of coordinated inauthentic behavior" originating in Russia, as well as three others originating in Iran, bringing the total number of such "information operations" it has acted against in the last year to more than 50.https://t.co/f65VZl6Z3K

— Axios (@axios) October 21, 2019

Instagram adds 'false information' labels to prevent fake news from going viral https://t.co/VuxIxEGsTF pic.twitter.com/HzXR7MeVEp

— FutureShift (@futureshift) October 21, 2019

Russian operations moving to Instagram and other platforms: FB removes 51 Russian linked accounts, all but 1 from Instagram. 246,000 mostly US followers https://t.co/nEQfVJzWeQ

— Dr Alina Polyakova (@apolyakova) October 21, 2019

This was an operation from Russia targeting America.

It pushed both sides of divisive issues, including #BlackLivesMatter and gay rights.

But it was still in audience-building mode when it got taken down, and most of the accounts had low followings. https://t.co/mUlaejBwky

— Ben Nimmo (@benimmo) October 21, 2019

Russian actors are deepening US polarization (again). Facebook removes ads linked to Internet Research Agency "that had the hallmarks of a well-resourced operation that took consistent operational security steps to conceal their identity and location" https://t.co/RFG1tUN0pr pic.twitter.com/B60LELcTPR

— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) October 21, 2019

Facebook removes hundreds of Iranian @facebook @instagram accounts used to target audiences across the world with lies. An important step to curb the ?? regime’s weaponization of social media https://t.co/AMToEe7gMb

— Yiftah Curiel (@yiftahc) October 21, 2019

here's a page with examples of the types of content Iran/Russia were spreadinghttps://t.co/kfe9nFKmuG

there's no specific ideology or intent, it seems, beyond sowing discord

israel/palestine conflict content
posts on AOC
race-related news items

— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 21, 2019

So apparently Iran used one my tweets in as part of its "inauthentic behavior" according to Facebooks's cybersecurity policy head. My tweet was just a tweet of a Haaretz report on how Israel targets civilian areas in Gaza, which is all true. https://t.co/3rCkkVWUTa

— Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין (@MairavZ) October 21, 2019

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

Wanna see some of what the Russian/Iranian accounts that Facebook took down were posting?

Examples here - scroll down to find the stuff targeted at Americans: https://t.co/wesqffWzlz

— Jo Ling Kent (@jolingkent) October 21, 2019

good morning

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

— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 21, 2019

Facebook Discloses New Disinformation Campaigns From Russia and Iran#Iran #CyberSecurity @facebook @nytimeshttps://t.co/Vd3J4TJP6R

— Amir R. Bolurchi (@ablrchi) October 21, 2019

"Three of the campaigns originated in Iran, and one in Russia, Facebook said, with state-backed actors disguised as genuine users. Their posts targeted people in North Africa, Latin America and the United States." #OneVoice1
https://t.co/6PBvglCDYn

— Sailor Michael (@Megawatts55) October 21, 2019

Facebook said it had found and taken down 4 state-backed disinformation campaigns, even as it tries to take steps to secure elections https://t.co/M6EmtfQWJ9

— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) October 21, 2019

Facebook Discloses New Disinformation Campaigns From Russia and Iran https://t.co/rJqf29kOeM

— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) October 21, 2019

Facebook on Monday said it had found and taken down four state-backed disinformation campaigns. Three of the campaigns originated in #Iran, and one in #Russia.https://t.co/OvBxYdMD8Z

— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) October 21, 2019

Facebook Discloses New Disinformation Campaigns From Russia and Iran, Leaves Trump Disinformation Campaign Up And Running. https://t.co/jk2yB5OBFQ

— montag (@buffaloon) October 21, 2019

인스타그램은 가짜 뉴스가 바이럴되는 것을 방지하기 위해 '가짜 정보'라벨을 추가 https://t.co/DyeZFi3mMj
• 이 회사는 페이스북의 사실 확인자들에 의해 파악되어 게시물을 모호하게하는 "거짓 정보"레이블을 추가할 것이라고 회사는 밝혔습니다.

— editoy (@editoy) October 22, 2019

Facebook removed a network of coordinated inauthentic behavior" originating in Russia, as well as three others originating in Iran, bringing the total number of such "information operations" it has acted against in the last year to more than 50.https://t.co/f65VZloAsk

— Axios (@axios) October 22, 2019

Instagram adds 'false information' labels to prevent fake news from going viralhttps://t.co/74229emx8t

— SUNNI (@SunniAndTheCity) October 22, 2019

Today Facebook removed four separate networks of accounts emanating from Iran & Russia that were spreading the type of fake news used to influence voters. We know they aren't getting everything - please remind your friends & family to be careful consumers. https://t.co/LQeTkZoYgO

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) October 21, 2019

Facebook has just removed more accounts for engaging in coordinated inauthentic activity, including Instagram and FB accounts linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA).

The accounts "had the hallmarks of a well-resourced operation." 1/https://t.co/V2lsdGrbUv

— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) October 21, 2019

Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Iran and Russia | Facebook Newsroom https://t.co/Pg4SOKYcfb

— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) October 21, 2019

CMDS in @nytimes!
Facebook "said it developed its definition of state-sponsored media with input from more than 40 (...) organizations, including Reporters Without Borders, the European Journalism Center, UNESCO and the Center for Media, Data and Society.” https://t.co/sdkbsy0UEp

— CMDS @ CEU (@CMDSatCEU) October 22, 2019

"Three of the disinformation campaigns originated in Iran and one in Russia... aimed at people in North Africa, Latin America and the United States."https://t.co/2BjcCDtfmI

— STRATCOMCOE (@STRATCOMCOE) October 22, 2019

"The posts crossed categories and ideological lines, seemingly with no specific intent other than to foment discord among citizens in multiple countries." https://t.co/LY2N9xzaeC

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) October 21, 2019

This does not make me feel better!

How mant more disinformation campaigns are three from other hostile foreign powers on Facebook?

And WTF?

IRAN?? #Facebook https://t.co/aJjOXIbB0X via @NYTimes

— ProfHelen (@Helenhs) October 22, 2019

Disinformation campaigns support Donald Trump. He is the biggest beneficiary of “fake news”, bigoted lies and propaganda. And Democrats are the biggest losers. We have got to fight this and yes that means Facebook and Twitter need to crack a whip. https://t.co/Xanv4daP9i

— Aisha C Moodie-Mills (@AishaMoodMills) October 21, 2019