〝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

”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

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