“Facebook said on Friday that it had removed hundreds of accounts with ties to the Epoch Media Group, parent company of the Falun Gong-related publication and conservative news outlet The Epoch Times.” 12/20/19 1/ nytimes.com/2019/12/20/bus…
“The accounts, including pages, groups and Instagram feeds meant to be seen in both the United States and Vietnam, presented a new wrinkle to researchers: fake profile photos generated with the help of artificial intelligence.” 2/
“The people behind the network of 610 Facebook accounts, 89 Facebook Pages, 156 Groups and 72 Instagram accounts posted about political news & issues in the US, including President Trump’s impeachment, conservative ideology, political candidates, trade and religion.” 3/
“‘This was a large, brazen network that had multiple layers of fake accounts and automation that systematically posted content with two ideological focuses: support of Donald Trump and opposition to the Chinese government,’ Mr. Brookie said in an interview.” 4/
Article by @daveyalba 5/
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