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U.S. a top target for foreign and domestic influence operations
- hirundo 5y ago> The tallies were based on the number of "coordinated inauthentic behavior" networks removed by Facebook, a term it uses for a type of influence operations that relies on fake accounts to mislead users and manipulate the public debate for strategic ends. Could be "U.S. a top audience for sock puppets" You can't effectively suppress sock puppets without confirming identities in some way, but the loss of anonymity in a forum is a big bug. Maybe there's a low trust way to link accounts to individuals while keeping their identities private. But that seems like a hard social problem to solve. A charge for registration could raise the cost of a puppet show and limit the size of the problem. But it also seriously limits the onboarding rate of the platform. And it would amplify the message of a well funded influence op.
- shalmanese 5y ago"Most keys found underneath streetlights, says Facebook". Facebook massively under resources finding IO and only responds when there's the threat of bad press. Of course they're only going to find them in the places that they're looking the hardest.