Instant Alert: Here are some of the posts that Facebook says were part of a coordinated attempt to influence American elections

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Here are some of the posts that Facebook says were part of a coordinated attempt to influence American elections by Kaylee Fagan on Jul 31, 2018, 2:49 PM Facebook announced Tuesday that the company had removed 32 Pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram for being involved in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” — posts relating to a series of protests slated for next week in Washington DC. As part of its disclosure, Facebook released a selection of the posts, ads and events created by the fake accounts. Facebook says that they are still investigating the accounts, but so far they know that the accounts posted a total of 9,500 times, paid for 150 ads (to the tune of roughly $11,000 total), and created 30 events since May 2017. “In total, more than 290,000 accounts followed at least one of these Pages, the earliest of which was created in March 2017. The latest was created in May 2018,” the company reports. Of the largest event created through Facebook, approximately 4,700 users said they were interested in attending, and 1,400 said that they would attend. The ads, posts and events cover a range of hot-button political issues, including the anti-fascist movement, women’s rights, and colonialism. Some were designed to stir political divisions ahead of the mid-term congressional election in November 2018, while others seem fairly innocuous.  Here are the examples of the posts that Facebook removed: SEE ALSO: Facebook has detected a coordinated effort to influence US politics ahead of the 2018 midterm elections "Resisters" was one of the most-followed accounts that was removed, which posted content related to women's empowerment, Donald Trump and other political hot-button issues. This post was created just last month, and was shared 85 times. "These bad actors have been more careful to cover their tracks," Facebook explained. "For example they used VPNs and internet phone services, and paid third parties to run ads on their behalf. As we've told law enforcement and Congress, we still don't have firm evidence to say with certainty who's behind this effort." Colonialism and Native-American heritage was the focus of multiple posts included in Facebook's sample set, most of them created by an account called "Aztlan Warriors." See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011