Facebook Bans Accounts Tied to Indonesian Fake News Group

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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KAipLWiPFD0/XFRrW2-7ffI/AAAAAAAAALM/nyZH5xRleuU1loZUv7NNjG7pjnPtEOtcACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KAipLWiPFD0/XFRrW2-7ffI/AAAAAAAAALM/nyZH5xRleuU1loZUv7NNjG7pjnPtEOtcACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Facebook has shut down hundreds of accounts and pages linked to an Indonesian group accused of spreading hate speech and fake news, the company said Friday.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The world's biggest social network said, cyber group, Saracen engaged in "coordinated abuse of the platform" by operating a network of hoax accounts that mislead online readers about who was behind them.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i>"The people behind this activity coordinated with one another and used fake accounts to misrepresent themselves, and that was the basis for our action,"</i> Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a statement.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Saracen gained infamy in Indonesia two years ago when police accused it of deliberately spreading untruths via social media. At least one of its members was jailed following a wide-ranging investigation.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

Facebook Bans Accounts Tied to Indonesian Fake News Group

Facebook has shut down hundreds of accounts and pages linked to an Indonesian group accused of spreading hate speech and fake news, the company said Friday. The world's biggest social network said, c…

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Facebook and Twitter Removed Hundreds of Accounts Linked to Iran, Russia and Venezuela

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="717" height="296" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s320/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />Facebook and Twitter both announced on Thursday they had taken down hundreds of accounts believed to have been part of coordinated influence operations from Iran, Russia and Venezuela.</a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Facebook removed 783 pages, groups and accounts that it said posed as local actors in countries across Europe, the Middle East and south Asia and shared content that was largely repurposed from Iranian state media. The accounts, some of which had been active since 2010, had garnered about 2 million followers on Facebook and more than 250,000 followers on Instagram.</a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">While Facebook demurred from ascribing a motive to the operation, researchers with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab who analyzed the accounts said that it appeared designed to amplify views “in line with Iranian government’s international stances”.</a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">“The pages posted content with strong bias for the government in Tehran and against the ‘West’ and regional neighbors, such as Saudi Arabia and Israel,” the researchers wrote in a blog post.</a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JmMFZy49wIg/XFPmaM9Kk7I/AAAAAAAAAK0/TKkXEHp59GQ3EqpOO5ocl9lhgo4VzJmRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20190201-071903_crop_717x665.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Several of the accounts focused on sharing pro-Palestinian or anti-Israeli content, in French, English, Spanish and Hebrew. Many advanced pro-Iran, anti-Saudi Arabia messages to a largely Middle Eastern, Arabic-speaking audience. One targeted an English-language audience and posted 9/11 conspiracy theories.</a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

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NITDA assist military with IT facilities

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Spi6cI_FPw/XFNu4RXt_UI/AAAAAAAAAKc/sB0WGTsrNUYllrBxPI0GZEZ_jtgLPL2VACLcBGAs/s1600/PicsArt_01-31-04.35.50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Spi6cI_FPw/XFNu4RXt_UI/AAAAAAAAAKc/sB0WGTsrNUYllrBxPI0GZEZ_jtgLPL2VACLcBGAs/s320/PicsArt_01-31-04.35.50.jpg" width="290" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Nigeria information technology regulator, National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has offered to assist the military in upgrading her IT facilities.<br /> <br /> <br /> Aspiring to become the first choice institute in acquiring defence and aerospace engineering knowledge, the commandant, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) , Air Vice Marshal, C. N. Udeagulu , led an entourage on a working visit to the <b>NITDA’s</b> corporate head office, Abuja.<br /> <br /> The delegation was at NITDA, to explore possible areas of collaboration to uplift the institute’s IT infrastructure to adhere to world-class standards.<br /> <br /> <br /> In his response, the director -general of NITDA, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, assured the military personnel of the agency’s full commitment in enhancing the security of the nation and also the deployment of NITDA’s ICT intervention project to the campus in order to create a more conducive learning environment.

NITDA assist military with IT facilities

The Nigeria information technology regulator, National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has offered to assist the military in upgrading her IT facilities. Aspiring to become the…

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