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Twitter says it can tell if you actually believe that bullsh*t you’re spreading

sudshr47 March 6, 2019

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The internet is a confusing place. It’s not always clear if that weird Twitter account spamming your mentions is a well-intentioned idiot or a malicious actor – unless you work for the social media giant itself, that is. 

Speaking to a group of security researchers and journalists at the annual RSA conference in San Francisco, Twitter vice president of trust and safety Del Harvey explained that the company is remarkably good at distinguishing between accounts intentionally spreading misinformation and those just plain ignorant of basic facts. Essentially, Harvey explained, Twitter has a pretty good idea whether or not you believe the bullshit you’re spreading.  Read more…

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Twitter suspends thousands of accounts for potential ties to ‘foreign information operations’

sudshr47 January 31, 2019

The work of a Twitter moderator is never done, it seems. 
The social media company announced Jan. 31 the suspension of thousands of accounts it believes were tied to “foreign information operations.” And, this time around, it’s not just Russia’s…

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Facebook finds and kills another 512 Kremlin-linked fake accounts

sudshr47 January 17, 2019

Two years on from the U.S. presidential election, Facebook continues to have a major problem with Russian disinformation being megaphoned via its social tools. In a blog post today the company reveals another tranche of Kremlin-linked fake activity — saying it’s removed a total of 471 Facebook pages and accounts, as well as 41 Instagram accounts, which […]

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Facebook’s board says Zuckerberg was too slow to spot Russian interference

sudshr47 November 15, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg is forced to publicly contend with a new critic today: His very own board.
Following the Nov. 14 New York Times bombshell report detailing a host of gross miscalculations and alleged malfeasance at the social media giant both in the r…

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Russian hackers apparently left the midterms alone

sudshr47 November 13, 2018

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The call is coming from inside the house.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and security experts say that Russian operatives did not significantly meddle in or hack the US midterm elections, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

“At this time, we have no indication of compromise to our nation’s election infrastructure that would prevent voting, change vote counts or distrust the ability to tally votes,” DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen reportedly said at a press conference.

In 2016, Russian hackers waged a multi-front war to sow discord in America and disparage Hillary Clinton: they hacked Democrat campaign emails, used social media to spread disinformation and inflame the public, and even attacked the election infrastructure of 20 states, successfully penetrating the Illinois voter roll. Read more…

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Bots Distorted the 2016 Election. Will the Midterms Be a Sequel?

sudshr47 November 6, 2018

Tiffany Olson Kleemann Contributor Tiffany Olson Kleemann is the chief executive officer of Distil Networks. She formerly served in executive roles at Symantec and FireEye and was deputy chief of staff for cybersecurity operations under President George W. Bush. The fact that Russian-linked bots penetrated social media to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election has […]

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Facebook really doesn’t want users to go to a fake Unite the Right counter-protest next week

sudshr47 July 31, 2018

According to COO Sheryl Sandberg, getting ahead of an event called “No Unite the Right 2, DC” is the reason behind Facebook’s decision to disclose new platform behavior that closely resembles previous Russian state-sponsored activity meant to sow political discord in the US. “We’re sharing this today because the connection between these actors and the […]

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Facebook, AggregateIQ now being jointly probed by Canada, B.C. data watchdogs

sudshr47 April 6, 2018

Privacy watchdogs in Canada and British Columbia are combining existing investigations into Facebook and AggregateIQ. The latter being a Victoria-based ad targeting tech company that has been linked to Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the center of the Facebook data misuse storm. Facebook responds to data misuse CA whistleblower Chris Wylie — who last […]

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Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IRA accounts

sudshr47 April 3, 2018

Facebook is showing an unprecedented level of transparency around its latest effort to suspend Russian trolls trying to influence elections and mislead the public as it tries to regain the trust of users and the government. The company shared both stats about the account deletions and samples of the content they shared. Facebook has removed […]

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