Meta warns that China is stepping up its online social media influence operations::undefined
Why would Meta say this out loud? To distract that they’re a part of it?
Pot calling the kettle black.
Game recognises game.
Though my takeaway is fuck them both.
Facebook and its related properties have been caught at least twice pushing horrible, abusive content on teens and preteens, while simultaneously trying to create a “for kids” version of Instagram, one of the apps where the abuse and encouragement to commit self-harm was most rampant.
Sincerely, fuck Facebook. Knowing what they were doing was an “open secret” within the company, just like Jeffrey Epstein’s behavior was an “open secret” among the rich and powerful.
Meta’s like, “Hey, That’s our job!”
I’ve noticed any political content is being trolled extremely hard on Tiktok. My pro NATO comments were removed couple of times but restored on appeal.
I’m utterly floored by the lack of self awareness from Meta.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
China is stepping up efforts to manipulate people in other countries on social media, becoming the third most common source of foreign influence operations, behind Russia and Iran, according to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram.
The campaigns vary widely in how they work, but the focus tends to be on promoting Chinese interests, from defending Beijing’s human rights record to attacking government critics, Nimmo said.
“It’s unclear whether this approach was designed to amplify partisan tensions, build audiences among these politicians’ supporters, or to make fake accounts sharing authentic content appear more genuine,” Meta said in its report.
They posted about regional news, sports and culture, criticized the Dalai Lama and accused the Indian government of corruption while praising India’s army, athletes and scientific achievement.
With a slew of elections on tap in 2024, including in the U.S., Taiwan, India and the European Union, Chinese operations may “pivot” to target discussions of relations with China in those places, Nimmo said.
Russia, which Meta says remains the most prolific source of coordinated influence operations, has mainly been focused on undermining international support for Ukraine since its February 2022 invasion of that country.
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