DoJ seizes domains used by Iranian disinfo efforts —
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) October 7, 2020
4 sites were focused on US, they argue this is a FARA violation. There’s a bunch f clunky stuff here. Wonder if they will apply this to other nations because I mean...
https://t.co/3gIsJIgIrs
Two years we published the "Global Disinformation Operation", an operation attributed by us to Iran, and spread fake news worldwide.
— Ohad Zaidenberg (@OhadMZ) October 8, 2020
Yesterday the @TheJusticeDept seized the domains and confirm that #IRGC was behind this operation.https://t.co/fqp89NWOK8 https://t.co/hrRRm7rJ9V
The US seized 92 domain names used by #Iran’s IRGC to spread pro-Iranian regime propaganda in the US.
— MissMAGA2016 (@MissMaga2016) October 7, 2020
These 4 seized sites pretended to be “independent news:”
newsstand7 dot com
usjournal dot net
usjournal dot us
twtoday dot net https://t.co/9cpnO4Om3K
Facebook, Twitter, and Google team up with the FBI to seize the domains of anti-Saudi, anti-Israeli, and pro-Palestinian websites. Is there some Middle-East-Foreign-Policy exception to the first amendment that I don't know about? https://t.co/RL7TueI3V7
— Elaine ??? (@eiaine) October 8, 2020
US seizes 92 domain names used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as part of the regime's global disinformation campaign (Full list below)
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) October 8, 2020
Good move @TheJusticeDept (Also consider taking down Intelligence Ministry-operated domains like Iran-Interlink)https://t.co/jz8LuKUjmL pic.twitter.com/i0teEET0gB
Catching up: US seized 92 domains they say were used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
— Ben Nimmo (@benimmo) October 8, 2020
Some old friends in the list, notably the IUVM network, which basically repackaged Iranian state messaging.
Not subtle, but prolific. https://t.co/6JWUPVa7cz
United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) October 7, 2020
Seizure Documents Describe Iranian Government’s Efforts to Use Domains as Part of Global Disinformation Campaignhttps://t.co/ACQnwvNZ5x
米国がイスラム革命防衛隊に関連した92のドメインを押収
— SttyK (@SttyK) October 8, 2020
United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps https://t.co/LweHGbIFUT pic.twitter.com/aNZZcfQCX5
DoJ seized 92 domains linked to Iranian state IOs - the domains "targeted audiences in Western Europe, the Middle East, & South East Asia & masqueraded as genuine news outlets while actually being operated by the IRGC to spread pro-Iranian disinformation" https://t.co/vaVk2ySnnl
— Deeba Shadnia (@deebashadnia) October 7, 2020
BREAKING: The Iranian ops that we exposed in 2018 are now being publicly attributed to IRGC by DOJ. Our report was the first public exposure of Iranian activity of this nature. 1/xhttps://t.co/cIl9UdSp0l
— John Hultquist (@JohnHultquist) October 7, 2020
US seizes 92 domain names used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as part of the regime's global disinformation campaign (Full list below)
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) October 8, 2020
Good move @TheJusticeDept (Also consider taking down Intelligence Ministry-operated domains like Iran-Interlink)https://t.co/jz8LuKUjmL pic.twitter.com/i0teEET0gB
DoJ seizes domains used by Iranian disinfo efforts —
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) October 7, 2020
4 sites were focused on US, they argue this is a FARA violation. There’s a bunch f clunky stuff here. Wonder if they will apply this to other nations because I mean...
https://t.co/3gIsJIgIrs
Iran. IRGC using false accounts to spread disinformation & in some cases, purporting to be news outlets & spreading fake news
— Pete EVANS (@911CORLEBRA777) October 7, 2020
cc@thespybrief@JamesFourM
https://t.co/DNGRU6fRcW
“This investigation, initiated by intelligence we received from Google, was a collaborative effort between the FBI and social media companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter,” https://t.co/4R9mzr9bRy
— Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) October 7, 2020
DOJ has seized a bunch of websites it claims were spreading disinfo put out by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. I still have significant concerns about the government's authority to "seize" websites. Seems equivalent to seizing printing presses. https://t.co/cqs6vpGhXN
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) October 7, 2020
United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
— FJ (@Natsecjeff) October 8, 2020
https://t.co/HGeKtguaWt
US seizes Iranian government domains masked as legitimate news outlets https://t.co/LJe2ZQgDQH
— The Cyber Security Hub™ (@TheCyberSecHub) October 8, 2020
US seizes Iranian government domains masked as legitimate news outlets https://t.co/DXaMxxMXig by @SecurityCharlie
— ZDNet (@ZDNet) October 8, 2020
Takedown of 92 Iran-owned domains includes 4 used for disinformation in US, feds say https://t.co/YiEg5kxjU1 via @jwarminsky
— Sean Lyngaas (@snlyngaas) October 8, 2020