2019 GLOBAL INVENTORY OF ORGANISED SOCIAL MEDIA MANIPULATION
FIGURE 2 - COMPUTATIONAL PROPAGANDA AS A TOOL OF INFORMATION CONTROL
AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRIES DEPLOYING COMPUTATIONAL PROPAGANDA
SUPPRESS
DISCREDIT
Angola
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cambodia
China
Cuba
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Iran
Kazakhstan
North Korea
Qatar
Russia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
DROWN OUT
FIGURE 3 - FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
COUNTRIES ATTRIBUTED BY FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR ENGAGING IN FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS
China
Venezuela
India
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Russia
Pakistan
Source: Authors’ evaluations based on data collected. Note: Facebook has also taken down accounts engaged in 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour' that are not
explicitly linked to a government or political party. These takedowns include accounts originating from: Egypt, Macedonia, Kosovo, Thailand, and the United Arab
Emirates. Additionally, some cyber troop activity identified by Facebook and Twitter is domestically focused, such as in the case of Bangladesh and Honduras, and is
therefore not included in this figure on foreign operations.
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