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See the trippy propaganda images attacking the midterms on Facebook

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home Apps See the trippy propaganda images attacking the midterms on Facebook

Facebook just confirmed that an unknown group is waging a propaganda war against the US midterm elections. Using images and event invites to rallies in Washington next week, the attackers are attempting to sow discord into the American political landscape. Facebook has not identified whether Russian intelligence organizations were responsible like with their 2016 election attacks, as this operation was more sophisticated than previous strategies Facebook has implemented safeguards to thwart. For now, Facebook has removed 32 pages and accounts associated with the group, including “Mindful Being,” and “Resisters”, some of which shared psychedelic memes in an attempt to ingratiate themselves with receptive users.

Dodged questions from Facebook’s press call on misinformation

Last week I wrote that Facebook had dodged the question of whether it had evidence of attacks on the midterm elections. Now we have the answer: yes.

You can see a sample of the images used in the attacks below. For more info, read our full-story on these attacks on democracy.

Facebook has found evidence of influence campaigns targeting U.S. midterms



Authored by Piyush Suthar
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