Facebook Finds Coordinated Effort to Influence US Politics
Facebook has identified a coordinated influence campaign on U.S. politics ahead of November’s midterm elections, banning more than two dozen pages and...
Stay updated with breaking news from Black Elevation. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Facebook has identified a coordinated influence campaign on U.S. politics ahead of November’s midterm elections, banning more than two dozen pages and...
John SextonPosted at 3:30 pm on February 24, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter People are talking today about a segment on Tucker Carlson’s show last night in which Carlson focused on a recent report from Skeptic Magazine’s Skeptic Research Center. Given the protests over the shooting of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake, to name two recent examples, what do people actually know about police shootings? The Skeptic report is just a brief look at the following question: “How knowledgeable are people when it comes to the available data on fatal police shootings of Black Americans?” He...
Coordinated in-authentic behavior including posts like this would be uruld b one urgin attend an event against fascism and another advertising a group with a job calling itself resisters and pushing for a stop against the trump regime. other accounts targeted african-americans with names like black elevation. facebook says it cannot identify the source but that it is similar to russia's efforts around the 2016 election. joining us now, from the "washington post," she's been closely following the story for us. and also will sumner, tech and internet reporter for the "daily beast." elizabeth, on...
It is a fake political site, get americans to sign on, engage with them, and send out this information. all in an attempt to politically divide americans against each other. >> facebook can't be sure, but it sure looks like russia again. 32 pages with names including black elevation, resistors, s land warriors, being followed by 290,000 accounts. the fake accounts also setting up and promoting real events and protests aimed at further polarizing u.s. political discourt. many of the events did occur. they were attended by actual americans that had no idea that the resistors facebook page was
A roundup of the day's events.