Hopefully it’s a COVID-19 version of what it did post-2016 elections, when it required verification of those buying political or issue ads.
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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, and Myanmar/Vietnam. Some targeted the US. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by…
Laptops used in 2016 NC poll to be examined by Feds – after 2.5 years
The e-voting vendor in North Carolina was spearphished days before the election but still went ahead and used remote access software. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by…
Fake news writer: If people are stupid enough to believe this stuff…
…then maybe they deserve this drivel, says a Macedonian copy-paste/turn-it-into-clickbait-bile writer who says it’s all about the money. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author: Lisa…
Facebook bans accounts of fake news firm
It’s not clear who paid Archimedes Group for its reality-warping campaigns, but it’s clear disinformation is now a global scourge. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos…
NSA leaker Reality Winner gets 63 months in jail
Reality Leigh Winner, the NSA contractor who leaked sensitive information to the Intercept last year, was sentenced to 63 months in prison last week along with three years of supervised…
Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking
The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking. This post appeared first on Naked…