Facebook Says It , Removed Accounts From China That , Attempted to Interfere in US Midterms.<br />NBC News reports that Facebook parent company Meta made the announcement on Sept. 27.<br />According to Meta, fake accounts were set up with Chinese individuals posing as Americans.<br />Those individuals then attacked politicians from both sides of the aisle and posted controversial material.<br />Those individuals then attacked politicians from both sides of the aisle and posted controversial material.<br />According to Meta, there were only about 84 Facebook accounts within the fake network and they were taken down before they had a chance to widen their reach.<br />What this operation was doing was targeting U.S. domestic politics, targeting both sides, Ben Nimmo, Meta’s head of threat intelligence, via NBC News.<br />What this operation was doing was targeting U.S. domestic politics, targeting both sides, Ben Nimmo, Meta’s head of threat intelligence, via NBC News.<br /> And it’s the first time we’ve seen that from a Chinese operation in this way. So even though it was small, even though we caught it early, it’s a significant change in what we’ve seen from Chinese operations, Ben Nimmo, Meta’s head of threat intelligence, via NBC News.<br />The fake accounts were not attributed to Chinese intelligence agencies, but the posts came from individuals who worked 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in China.<br />Ben Nimmo, Meta’s head of threat intelligence, <br />says the tech giant is in a better position to <br />assess these threats than in the past. .<br />The difference between 2016 and now is that in 2016, there wasn’t really a defensive team at all. There were a few open-source researchers like me, they were a few people at the platforms, but there wasn’t any kind of joined-up effort. , Ben Nimmo, Meta’s head of threat intelligence, via NBC News.<br />The difference between 2016 and now is that in 2016, there wasn’t really a defensive team at all. There were a few open-source researchers like me, they were a few people at the platforms, but there wasn’t any kind of joined-up effort. , Ben Nimmo, Meta’s head of threat intelligence, via NBC News.<br />What I see now is there really is that joined-up approach. There’s a team effort that goes across platforms, news outlets, open-source institutions. So there’s far more people playing defense, Ben Nimmo, Meta’s head of threat intelligence, via NBC News
