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> There is no good reason for French military units to be interfering in former colonies in North Africa; let it go. While I absolutely agree, I think it's a b
by jmnicolas 6y ago
> There is no good reason for French military units to be interfering in former colonies in North Africa; let it go.
While I absolutely agree, I think it's a bit hypocritical to target only France. The US and the UK do the same thing but somehow aren't banned by Facebook.
The UK even announced a few days ago that they were using a psyops unit to counter vaccination conspiracy theories. The same unit that was previously targeting the Islamic State.
I don't know exactly how they operate but I'm pretty sure they run a large network of social media bots to influence people online.
Disclosure : I'm French so that might color my reaction a bit :)
- meowface 6y agoI'm sure every significant nation does it. It's just a matter of the objective and mode of moderation. >Facebook said the alleged French accounts "posted primarily in French and Arabic about news and current events including France's policies in Francophone Africa, the security situation in various African countries, claims of potential Russian interference in the election in the Central African Republic (CAR), supportive commentary about French military, and criticism of Russia's involvement in CAR." >Elections are due to take place in CAR later this month. One post in French read, "The Russian imperialists are a gangrene on Mali! Watch out for the tsarist lobotomy!" >The alleged Russian accounts, in turn, criticized the French. Here it seems like it might have been a mix of an earnest attempt to counter Russian disinformation and perhaps some spreading of their own propaganda to influence an election.