{"id":36928,"date":"2020-09-02T14:51:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T14:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31539\/Facebook-Takes-Down-Network-Of-Fake-Accounts-Of-Kremlin-Trolls.html"},"modified":"2020-09-02T14:51:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T14:51:26","slug":"facebook-takes-down-network-of-fake-accounts-of-kremlin-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/facebook-takes-down-network-of-fake-accounts-of-kremlin-trolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Takes Down Network Of Fake Accounts Of Kremlin Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image image-large pull-none hasCaption shortcode\" section=\"shortcodeImage\"><span class=\"imageContainer\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnet1.cbsistatic.com\/img\/FyRf1EBw3J8WoW2oDGzlMpG-hzE=\/1092x0\/2020\/03\/27\/ff43c28b-25a4-4645-86b2-1c84f3c225a0\/facebook-logo-phone-flag-9752.jpg\" class alt=\"Facebook logo and padlock image on a phone screen.\" height=\"0\" width=\"1092\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption readability=\"1\"><span class=\"caption\" readability=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>Facebook has been pulling down fake accounts ahead of the US presidential election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"credit\"> Image by Pixabay\/Illustration by CNET <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakableTextP1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tags\/facebook\/\" data-annotation=\"true\" data-component=\"linkTracker\" data-link-tracker-options=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;inline-annotation|Facebook|CNET_TAG|512&quot;}\" section=\"annotation\">Facebook<\/a> said Tuesday that in August it removed more than a dozen fake accounts and pages, tied to an infamous Russian-government troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency, that posted divisive news stories. The network was on Facebook for about three months before the social media giant took down the fake accounts after receiving a tip from the FBI, a sign that the tech company and its partners may be spotting Russian trolls more quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakableTextP2\">Facebook removed <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2020\/09\/august-2020-cib-report\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"externalLink\">13 accounts and two pages<\/a> linked to the Kremlin-backed Russian troll farm for misleading users about their identity and purpose. This network focused on the US, UK, Algeria and Egypt along with other countries where people speak English. About 5% of the English content targeted the US, posting news stories about President Donald Trump, the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris&#8217; campaign. Some of the accounts used fake profile pictures to pose as news editors and duped freelance journalists into writing stories for their website, Facebook said. Roughly 14,000 accounts followed one of these two pages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-reengageNewsletter shortcode hasNewsletter newsletter-subscribe-form desktop \" data-component=\"newsletterAndInterest\" data-newsletter-and-interest-options=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1c1fbb47-c387-11e2-8208-0291187b029a_CNET_CAT_TOPIC&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Security&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;specific&quot;,&quot;isBroadInterest&quot;:false,&quot;noFollowNoBlockText&quot;:&quot;Subscribe to the Security newsletter, receive notifications and see related stories on CNET.&quot;,&quot;noFollowBlockText&quot;:&quot;Subscribe to the Security newsletter and see related stories on CNET.&quot;,&quot;FollowNoBlockText&quot;:&quot;Subscribe to the Security newsletter and receive notifications.&quot;,&quot;FollowBlockText&quot;:&quot;Subscribe to the Security newsletter.&quot;}\" readability=\"8\">\n<h5>For more like this<\/h5>\n<p>Subscribe to the CNET Now newsletter for our editors&#8217; picks of the most important stories of the day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Facebook page for PeaceData that described itself as a &#8220;global news organization&#8221; is no longer on the social network. More than 200 people followed this page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1300848632120242181?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"externalLink\">Twitter<\/a> on Tuesday said it suspended five accounts tied to PeaceData and the group&#8217;s LinkedIn account is also no longer available. Still, the PeaceData website is still online, highlighting the challenges that come with combating a network that relies on multiple internet platforms. Twitter and Facebook said they&#8217;re blocking links to PeaceData&#8217;s website. PeaceData published more than 500 articles in English and 200 articles in Arabic between February and August, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/public-assets.graphika.com\/reports\/graphika_report_ira_again_unlucky_thirteen.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"externalLink\">Graphika<\/a>, which analyzed the network before Facebook removed the accounts and pages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It presented the US as war-mongering and law-breaking abroad while being wracked by racism, COVID-19, and cutthroat capitalism at home,&#8221; Graphika said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/public-assets.graphika.com\/reports\/graphika_report_ira_again_unlucky_thirteen.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"externalLink\">report <\/a>released Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an email, PeaceData denied the accusations and said it appealed to Facebook and Twitter but hasn&#8217;t received responses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Internet Research Agency is known for using fake social media accounts to sow discord among Americans in the 2016 US presidential election. Revelations about this Russian troll farm didn&#8217;t surface until after the election was already over, sparking concerns about whether Facebook was doing enough to safeguard US elections. 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Facebook is the world&#8217;s largest social network, with more than 2.7 billion monthly active users.<\/p>\n<p>Graphika said that the IRA used fake profile pictures generated through artificial intelligence and that this was the first time it&#8217;s seen these Russian trolls use this tactic. The network appeared to target progressive and left-wing users.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Facebook also said Tuesday it removed more than 450 fake accounts that focused on Pakistan and India and more than 130 Facebook and Instagram accounts along with pages linked to a US communications firm that focused on Venezuela, Mexico and Bolivia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31539\/Facebook-Takes-Down-Network-Of-Fake-Accounts-Of-Kremlin-Trolls.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ MORE 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