Nov. 30 (UPI) — Meta reported Thursday that it has disrupted Chinese and Russian covert influence operations designed to influence politics in the United States through deceptive social media practices.
Meta warned that “foreign threat actors are attempting to reach audiences ahead of next year’s various elections, including in the U.S. and Europe, and we need to remain alert to their evolving tactics and targeting across the internet.”
Meta said that “perception hacking” is designed to sow doubt in democratic processes.
“We removed 4,789 Facebook accounts for violating our policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior,” Meta said in a statement. “This network originated in China and targeted the United States.”
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