Sentences with phrase «internet research agency»

The Internet Research Agency is one of the primary arms of the Russian government's propaganda efforts.

Twelve of the individuals worked for Internet Research Agency LLC, based in St. Petersburg, Russia, which was a content mill for social media postings that largely leaned toward conservative viewpoints.

Kogan said in an email to Reuters that he knows nothing about Facebook data being obtained by Russia and had never heard of the Internet Research Agency «until a few weeks ago.»

Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman recently revealed that it had removed «a few hundred accounts» suspected of being of Russian origin after media website the Daily Beast said that it had received information on the activities of the Internet Research Agency on the site.

On Tuesday, Facebook said it had deleted 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook pages and 65 Instagram accounts that it said were «controlled» by the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian propaganda arm based in St. Petersburg.

On this podcast, we talk about: Facebook cracking down on Russia's Internet Research Agency propaganda arm.

Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that Facebook would remove 270 pages and accounts affiliated with the Internet Research Agency.

Officially, the Internet Research Agency hasn't been active since December 2016.

Last week, Facebook announced that it had tied at least 3,000 political ads aimed at American voters to a now - defunct Russian troll outfit known as the Internet Research Agency.

The tool can't inform people if they were exposed to Internet Research Agency content from sources they didn't follow, which can happen if their friends Like something and it subsequently appears in their newsfeeds.

In addition to creating the bogus accounts, which were designed to spread misinformation and influence US voters, Facebook said the Kremlin - linked Internet Research Agency spent $ 100,000 on over 3000 ads displayed around the time of the election.

For those worried they might have engaged with accounts created by the Internet Research Agency, Facebook is creating a tool showing users what Facebook Pages or Instagram accounts they Liked or followed that are associated with the notorious troll farm.

We've taken down fake accounts and Pages by the Internet Research Agency and have shared this information with Congress,» reads a Facebook help article about the propaganda - checking tool.

Today, special counsel Robert Mueller laid out his criminal case against Russia's Internet Research Agency, charging that the agency engaged in a sustained campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election.

The most likely culprit behind the ads was the Internet Research Agency, which Facebook described as a «troll farm» that is known to have promoted pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Facebook has revealed that it will provide Congress with the advertisements that were purchase by the Russian entity Internet Research Agency throughout 2015 to 2017.

Facebook says it has suspended 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook pages, and 65 Instagram accounts controlled by the Internet Research Agency.

If CA was able to obtain information on voters through Facebook, they would know where to specifically target propaganda to influence elections — just as Russia's Internet Research Agency did in 2016.

Facebook says it's identified more than 3,000 ads in total, stemming from a Kremlin - linked group known as the Internet Research Agency.

The accounts were reportedly linked to the Russian troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency.

The main organization responsible for Russia's influence operation was the Internet Research Agency, a notorious «troll farm» based in St. Petersburg.

The Internet Research Agency, a St. Petersburg - based «troll farm» run by Yevgeny Prigozhin — a Russian oligarch and Putin confidant — has been accused of propagating most of the content aimed at US voters, including the 3,000 Facebook ads, which the House Intelligence Committee intends to release publicly this week.

Tumblr announced earlier this week that it had removed 84 accounts used by Russia's Internet Research Agency for spreading misinformation in 2016.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that they have removed articles and pages associated with the Russia - based Federal News Agency (FAN) which was found to be technologically and structurally intertwined with the Internet Research Agency.

According to the BBC, Facebook said that it looked into activity and accounts it had previously linked to a Russian organisation known as the Internet Research Agency.

This result is a sharp contrast to the thousands of advertisements placed by the Internet Research Agency during the 2016 US presidential election.

These ads were from Facebook accounts that were associated with a Russian entity called «Internet Research Agency.»

The propaganda was created and circulated by Russian trolls, including the St. Petersburg - based Internet Research Agency.

On Tuesday, Facebook announced that it had deleted 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram mostly Russian - language accounts owned by Internet Research Agency (IRA), the Russian group accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election.

Facebook, for its part, contends that the 470 accounts in question were liked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian troll farm, while its account deletion metrics for France and Germany reflect the total number of accounts removed, not just ones tied to political misinformation activity.

In today's episode: Facebook axes accounts linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency and Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress.

Hearings in Congress placed a spotlight on Russia's Internet Research Agency, a troll farm that was particularly good at creating fake stories and fomenting outrage.

After Facebook's September investigation revealed accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, a detail that the company disclosed to Congress on September 6, all three companies have seized on that as both a starting and finishing place for their own investigations.

At the start of the month, it was revealed that the social network sold $ 100,000 worth of ads to a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency, which has been responsible for churning out pro-Kremlin propaganda in the past.

Among those are 13 individuals connected to the notorious Russian troll farm, known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA), which the US government has accused of using Silicon Valley sites and services to interfere with the 2016 elections.

Recall that Facebook initially identified about 470 profiles and pages tied to the Internet Research Agency, a Russia government - sponsored troll farm.

Also on Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company blocked more than 270 accounts and pages run by Russia's Internet Research Agency.

On Friday, the Department of Justice indicted 13 Russian nationals on a number of charges for alleged involvement with an 80 - person - plus troll farm called the Internet Research Agency, which tried to flood US social media with disinformation and propaganda in what intelligence officials said looked a lot like an effort to help Trump's campaign.

Facebook is ousting Russia's Internet Research Agency from its platform.

In related news, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told Wired magazine in an interview published Wednesday that the social media giant could not confirm a connection between Internet Research Agency, a Russian company accused of meddling in the 2016 US election, and Cambridge Analytica.

He said the Internet Research Agency's campaign clearly went beyond the Facebook pages removed last year.

The ads were specifically targeted at voters and have been traced back to a Russian «troll farm» supposedly known as the Internet Research Agency.

Facebook previously reported that the Internet Research Agency spent $ 100,000 on Facebook ads that reached 10 million users.

«Today we're taking an important step to protect the integrity of elections around the world by taking down more than 270 pages and accounts operated by a Russian organization called the Internet Research Agency (IRA),» posted Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO and founder.

However, as noted by The Washington Post, Facebook's legal counsel Colin Stretch plans to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee this week that the Internet Research Agency created about 80,000 inflammatory posts between 2015 and 2017 that 29 million US people may have seen in their newsfeed.

A sample of ads Facebook says were generated by accounts affiliated with the Internet Research Agency.

Facebook, which landed itself in the crosshairs after becoming one of the primary venues by which federal prosecutors allege a Kremlin - linked, pro-Donald Trump Russian operation called the Internet Research Agency tried to flood the US with disinformation and propaganda before the 2016 elections, now says it will...

Samples of Facebook posts from the pages the company says were generated by the Internet Research Agency and geared toward Russian users.

«Most of the paid ads the Internet Research Agency ran on Facebook prior to the 2016 election didn't mention Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump — but they did mention divisive political issues like guns, LGBT rights, immigration, and racial issues,» Warner said in a statement.

Russian information troll farm the Internet Research Agency spent just 0.05 percent as much on Facebook ads as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's campaigns combined in the run - up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, yet still reached a massive audience.