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🚨JUST OUT🚨
Quarterly threat report from @Meta’s investigative teams.
Much to dig into:
State & non-state actors targeting Ukraine;
Cyber espionage from Iran and Azerbaijan;
Influence ops in Brazil and Costa Rica;
Spammy activity in the Philippines...
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Quarterly threat report from @Meta’s investigative teams.
Much to dig into:
State & non-state actors targeting Ukraine;
Cyber espionage from Iran and Azerbaijan;
Influence ops in Brazil and Costa Rica;
Spammy activity in the Philippines...
about.fb.com/news/2022/04/m…
I’ll focus this thread on Ukraine. For more on the rest, see the great @ngleicher and @DavidAgranovich.
We’ve seen state & non-state ops targeting Ukraine across the internet since the invasion, including attempts from:
🇧🇾 Belarus KGB
👹 A Russian “NGO” w/ some links to past IRA folks
đź‘» Ghostwriter
We caught these early, before they could build audience or be effective.
🇧🇾 Belarus KGB
👹 A Russian “NGO” w/ some links to past IRA folks
đź‘» Ghostwriter
We caught these early, before they could build audience or be effective.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he thought the 20 May Downing St garden drinks were “a work event”
He says it "could be said, technically, to fall within the guidance"
#BBCRealityCheck says it’s difficult to see how it could be "within the guidance"
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He says it "could be said, technically, to fall within the guidance"
#BBCRealityCheck says it’s difficult to see how it could be "within the guidance"
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Government guidance said in-person meetings should usually be avoided - if they needed to go ahead “only absolutely necessary participants should attend”
It did say work meetings should be held outdoors whenever possible
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It did say work meetings should be held outdoors whenever possible
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#BBCRealityCheck has found nothing in the guidance that refers to socialising or drinking at work
It's difficult to conclude, therefore, how an event to which up to 100 people were invited to “bring your own booze” could have fallen within this guidance
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It's difficult to conclude, therefore, how an event to which up to 100 people were invited to “bring your own booze” could have fallen within this guidance
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With a week to go until the deadline for applying for the EU Settlement Scheme, there have been about two million more applications than the previous official estimates for the number of EU nationals living in the UK
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In many areas, including parts of West Sussex, Wolverhampton and numerous London boroughs, the number of applicants was more than 80% higher than the estimated local population of EU nationals
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These are the top five countries whose citizens had applied by 31 March
There were about 920,000 applications from Romanians, of which about 760,000 approved so far
The estimate of the UK's Romanian population is only about 400,000
#BBCRealityCheck
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There were about 920,000 applications from Romanians, of which about 760,000 approved so far
The estimate of the UK's Romanian population is only about 400,000
#BBCRealityCheck
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Rudy Giuliani claims Philadelphia has a history of voter fraud including dead people voting
He said late world boxing champion Joe Frazier voted there & Will Smith's dead father voted twice after he died
#BBCRealityCheck confirm that's not true
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He said late world boxing champion Joe Frazier voted there & Will Smith's dead father voted twice after he died
#BBCRealityCheck confirm that's not true
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#BBCRealityCheck spoke to city officials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about both claims
Officials told us Joe Frazier has not voted since he died
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Officials told us Joe Frazier has not voted since he died
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Will Smith’s father sent in a vote in 2017 city elections, but died the day before election day
That vote was counted, in accordance with city rules, but there is no record of any vote by him afterwards
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That vote was counted, in accordance with city rules, but there is no record of any vote by him afterwards
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Joe Biden has been declared president-elect, but President Trump is planning legal challenges in some key states
The Trump campaign says it plans to lodge lawsuits today
Here's what we know so far from #BBCRealityCheck
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The Trump campaign says it plans to lodge lawsuits today
Here's what we know so far from #BBCRealityCheck
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In Pennsylvania, the Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit accusing election officials of violating a judge's orders to allow observers six feet from the vote counting
But election officials say that watchers were able to observe the process unimpeded
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But election officials say that watchers were able to observe the process unimpeded
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Another challenge in Pennsylvania is whether to count ballots postmarked by election day but arriving up to three days later
The US Supreme Court was deadlocked on this decision before the election
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The US Supreme Court was deadlocked on this decision before the election
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