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. [ 5 ]

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