A Russian organization linked to the Kremlin’s covert influence campaigns posted more than 8,000 political advertisements on Facebook despite European and American restrictions barring companies from doing business with the organization, according to three organizations that track disinformation online. The Russian group, the Social Design Agency, evaded lax enforcement by Facebook to place an estimated $338,000 worth of ads aimed at European us…

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Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts to Block Them

A covert Russian-led disinformation campaign evaded Meta restrictions and got through more than 8,000 political ads on Facebook despite regulations in the United States and Europe barring companies from conducting business with the organization, a new report revealed.The Russian IT firm, the Social Design Agency, which has been linked to the Kremlin’s propaganda campaigns, spent an estimated $338,000 in Facebook ads targeting European users, acc…

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Meta’s ‘critical shortcomings’ led to Russian disinformation campaign on platform: report

Hundreds of accounts post propaganda over several hours in continuous fire: On Friday afternoon, an alleged Russian influence campaign raged on the social media platform Bluesky. A disinformation expert suspects the Russian “doppelganger” campaign is behind it.

Hunderte Accounts posten über mehrere Stunden Propaganda im Dauerfeuer: Am Freitagnachmittag hat eine mutmaßlich russische Einflusskampagne auf der Social-Media-Plattform Bluesky gewütet. Ein Desinformationsexperte vermutet die russische „Doppelgänger“-Kampagne dahinter.

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Russian influence campaign on social media platform Bluesky

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Bluesky is seeing increasing activity from fake accounts spreading disinformation and testing the network’s countermeasures.

Auf Bluesky mehren sich die Aktivitäten von gefälschten Accounts, die Desinformation verbreiten und die Gegenmaßnahmen des Netzwerks testen.

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Russian disinformation campaigns discover Bluesky

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A Russian organization linked to the Kremlin's covert influence campaigns posted more than 8,000 political advertisements on Facebook despite European and American restrictions barring companies from doing business with the organization, a...

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Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta's Efforts To Block Them

A group of bloggers began building the foundations of what today is El Diestro, a portal where its founders published political opinions and which, over time, has become a container of misinformation that mixes pro-Kremlin bulls and propaganda with the most wild conspiracies. Its contents comply well with the disinformer’s manual. During the pandemic caused by COVID-19, it published several articles linking vaccines with graphene and with an all…

Un grupo de blogueros comenzó a construir hace algo más de ocho años los cimientos de lo que hoy es El Diestro, un portal donde sus fundadores publicaban opiniones políticas y que, con el tiempo, ha devenido en un contenedor de desinformación que mezcla bulos y propaganda a favor del Kremlin con las conspiraciones más disparatadas. Sus contenidos cumplen sobradamente con el manual del desinformador. Durante la pandemia provocada por la COVID-19 …

La influencia rusa en El Diestro: la web de desinformación tiene lazos con emisarios de oligarcas aliados de Putin

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Russian Influence on The Righteous: Disinformation Website Has Links to Emissaries of Oligarchs Putin’s Allies

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A Russian organization linked to the Kremlin's covert influence campaigns posted more than 8,000 political advertisements on Facebook despite European and American restrictions barring companies from doing business with the organization, according to three organizations that track disinformation online. The Russian group, the Social Design Agency, evaded lax enforcement by Facebook to …

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A Russian group linked to the Kremlin’s covert affect campaigns posted greater than 8,000 political ads on Fb regardless of European and American restrictions barring corporations from doing enterprise with the group, in accordance with three organizations that monitor disinformation on-line. The Russian group, the Social Design Company, evaded lax enforcement by Fb to put an estimated $338,000 value of advertisements geared toward European cust…

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Report: a Russian org linked to Kremlin's influence campaigns placed Facebook ads worth ~$338K over 15 months ending in October, despite EU and US restrictions

Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts to Block Them

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