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How could it possibly have taken Facebook this long?? Then again, Twitter still hasn't taken action against Saudi's even greater manipulation of Twitter...
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) August 1, 2019
Facebook announces first takedown of influence campaign with ties to Saudi governmenthttps://t.co/nUvC9Du8Nu
"Although the people behind this activity attempted to conceal their identities, our review found links to individuals associated with the government of Saudi Arabia." https://t.co/Fkp4aD1fzG
— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) August 1, 2019
Facebook benefited from our recent report (written by @al_b33lz3bub) on Saud al-Qahtani, MBS's right hand man and Saudi Arabia's cybersecurity chief.https://t.co/pafHYfGl3f
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) August 1, 2019
"They … frequently posted about local news, politics, elections and topics including alleged support of terrorist groups by Qatar and Turkey, Iran’s activity in Yemen, the conflict in Libya, successes of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, and independence for Somaliland." https://t.co/M625RklOIJ
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) August 1, 2019
In its press release, Facebook didn't tell us how @b33lz3bub's report tipped them off, but our report did identify a fake Facebook account used by al-Qahtani. pic.twitter.com/bm92gkwR6H
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) August 1, 2019
Saudi Arabia have been running covert campaigns on Facebook and Instagram in a bid to prop up support for the kingdom and attack its enemies https://t.co/wexvkPcGPA
— Anthony DeRosa? (@Anthony) August 1, 2019
Facebook has removed "217 Facebook accounts, 144 Facebook Pages, five Facebook Groups and 31 Instagram accounts" that were "involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior originating from Saudi Arabia." Hundreds more from the UAE and Egypt: https://t.co/oa7LpYiiHq
— Alex Emmons (@AlexEmmons) August 1, 2019
arabic bot networks are absolutely gnarly and can operate below ground a lot of the time bc like,,,,,, who on anyone's staff will *think* about translating arabic. kudos to fb for uncovering this https://t.co/NX2ttEf7rB
— shoshana wodinsky (@swodinsky) August 1, 2019
Facebook is not the only place that al-Qahtani has created fake accounts. On LinkedIn, he goes by "saud a" and describes himself as, grotesquely, a "headhunter". pic.twitter.com/ZbwpwzqyTY
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) August 1, 2019
Facebook's full post is well worth reading. To their credit (for once) they have provided *lots* of detail, and it's very revealing – even if they've written it up in (understandably) a restrained way.
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) August 1, 2019
Facebook cites public reporting by @bellingcat that helped it identify Saudi Arabian accounts peddling disinformation. That likely is referring to this investigation into MBS's right-hand man and chief propagandist, Saud al-Qahtani https://t.co/sE17pVzQcF
— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) August 1, 2019
Much of the discovery of these Saudi and UAE-linked troll accounts were from @al_b33lz3bub's recent @bellingcat article that uncovered all sorts of nasty stuff about MBS's right-hand man, Saud Al-Qahtani. Read it here: https://t.co/jdNAFPeztd https://t.co/MtnsAHrNmF
— Aric Toler (@AricToler) August 1, 2019
BBC News - Facebook bans 'Saudi Arabia-linked propaganda accounts' https://t.co/V1L3hP0Xy2
— Randi #PetalsTm #TmPETAL #TeamWolfPack-Adm (@PetalsTm) August 1, 2019
Facebook says it dismantles covert influence campaign tied to Saudi government https://t.co/TbtLYjFRlr
— RANGER (@Somnus3344) August 1, 2019
Facebook says it dismantles covert influence campaign tied to Saudi government | Via Reuters https://t.co/JUze7EfXn9
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) August 1, 2019
#ICYMI: @acarvin and @benimmo weighed in on @facebook’s latest takedown of assets exhibiting coordinated inauthentic behavior – assets with connections to the Saudi government and marketing firms in #Egypt and the #UAE. Read what they had to say:https://t.co/m9lhreezRA
— DFRLab (@DFRLab) August 1, 2019
New: Facebook dismantles online influence campaign, for the first time links activity to Saudi govt.@ngleicher: "Our investigators were able to confirm that the individuals behind this are associated with the government of Saudi Arabia." https://t.co/zNdOIgPyIr pic.twitter.com/zqW4OTdu1m
— Jack Stubbs (@jc_stubbs) August 1, 2019
"'For this operation, our investigators were able to confirm that the individuals behind this are associated with the government of Saudi Arabia,' said Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy."https://t.co/OB72oQohaD
— Vivian Nereim (@viviannereim) August 1, 2019
Facebook says it dismantles covert influence campaign tied to Saudi government - Reuters https://t.co/uED4o1Xmmm
— ياسر أبوهلالة (@abuhilalah) August 1, 2019
Facebook says it dismantles covert influence campaign tied to Saudi... https://t.co/LqrG4ODqQE
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) August 1, 2019
#MARKETING NEWS: Facebook’s Content Removal Efforts Zeroed In on the Middle East https://t.co/UpA4EdYcRk #socialmedia #advertising #influencermarketing pic.twitter.com/DmZ4ORrhZN
— Real Marsha Wright® | Top 5 Marketing Influencer (@marshawright) August 1, 2019
CyberScoop | Facebook shuts down ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE https://t.co/JhOOz9WCN4
— Kimberly (@StopMalvertisin) August 1, 2019
Facebook removed hundreds of accounts, pages, and groups tied to the Saudi Arabian government https://t.co/rmEHVcioL7
— FutureShift (@futureshift) August 1, 2019
Facebook의 콘텐츠 삭제 대처가 중동을 조준 https://t.co/mRJRhD4lr9
— editoy (@editoy) August 2, 2019
• 사우디 아라비아 정부와 연결된 사람들은 페이스북 (Facebook)에서 가짜 계정과 페이지 네트워크를 운영하고 있습니다.
Facebook says it dismantles covert influence campaign tied to Saudi government || Via: Reuters https://t.co/JUze7EfXn9
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) August 2, 2019
#Facebook says it dismantles covert influence campaign tied to Saudi... https://t.co/btBgBA43DT #disinformation #SaudiArabia
— Fassett (@JnavioNavio) August 2, 2019