David August ❌👑May 30, 2024

Reading Meta’s First Quarter Adversarial Threat Report.

Good times in information warfare, and we’re all the targets.

PDF: https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.8562-6/445235204_402858536059630_7403303878106178024_n.pdf

#infosec #security #influence #CoordinatedInauthenticBehavior #CIB #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Bangladesh #Canada #China #Croatia #Iran #Israel #Moldova #Madagascar #Russia #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #doppelganger

Sohan DsouzaJun 9, 2023

〝There is a large, multilingual astroturfing effort around #Cop28 on Twitter right now involving at least 100 fake accounts. The accounts in question are promoting UAE foreign policy, bashing UAE's enemies, and burnishing the UAE's environmental record〞
— @marcowenjones

#astroturfing #coordinatedInauthenticBehavior #UAE #Twitter #socialMedia #MDM

https://marcowenjones.substack.com/p/how-many-fake-accounts-are-engaged

How many fake accounts are engaged in #Greenwashing Cop28 on Twitter?

Read on to find out...

The Deception Desk
Sohan DsouzaMay 7, 2023

”Participants who took the Quiz reported significantly less confidence in their ability to identify false information online; however, those who took the Quiz significantly outperformed the control participants on accurately identifying Twitter profiles’ authenticity.”
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#disinformation #MDM #coordinatedInauthenticBehavior #research #PNAS #activeInoculation

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/4/pgad094/7083320

Spot the Troll Quiz game increases accuracy in discerning between real and inauthentic social media accounts

Abstract. The proliferation of political mis/disinformation on social media has led many scholars to embrace “inoculation” techniques, where individuals are tra

OUP Academic
ITSEC NewsMar 4, 2020
Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers - It removed 5 networks engaged in foreign or government interference in Egypt, India, Russia, Iran,... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/04/facebook-purges-hundreds-of-fake-accounts-tied-to-state-actors-marketers/ #coordinatedinauthenticbehavior #2016uspresidentialelection #coordinatedbehavior #foreigninterference #inauthenticbehavior #governmentsecurity #electiontampering #deceptivecontent #russiantrolls
Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers

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