11/22/22, 11:23 PM
TAG Bulletin: Q3 2022
We terminated 12 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated
Updates
from Threat
(TAG) was linked to a Russian consulting
influence operations
linkedAnalysis
to Russia.Group
The campaign
firm and was sharing content in Russian that was supportive of Russia and the Russian
military and critical of NATO, Ukraine, and the West. We received leads from Twitter that
supported us in this investigation.
We terminated 15 YouTube channels, 2 AdSense accounts, and 1 Blogger blog as part of
our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Vietnam. The campaign
was sharing content in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and German that was supportive of
Russia and critical of Ukraine and China. We believe this operation was financially
motivated.
We terminated 1 YouTube channel and 1 Ads account and blocked 1 domain from
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eligibility to appear on Google News surfaces and Discover as part of our investigation
into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was sharing
content in Russian that was critical of the United States, the EU, Ukraine, and NATO.
We terminated 1104 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into
coordinated influence operations linked to China. These channels mostly uploaded
spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment, and lifestyle. A very small
subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and U.S. foreign affairs.
These findings are consistent with our previous reports.
September
We terminated 1 AdSense account and blocked 4 domains from eligibility to appear on
Google News surfaces and Discover as part of our investigation into coordinated
influence operations linked to North Macedonia. The campaign was sharing sensational
content in English that was about a variety of topics including U.S. and European current
events. We believe this operation was financially motivated.
We terminated 5 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated
influence operations linked to Myanmar. The campaign was sharing content in Burmese
that was critical of the People’s Defense Force of Myanmar.
We terminated
3 YouTube
channels
as part
of our investigation
into of
coordinated
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Information
about your use
our site is shared with
operations
linked to Russia. The campaign was linked to the Internet Research
Google for influence
that purpose.
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Agency (IRA) and was sharing content in French that was supportive of Russian policy
objectives in Libya. We received leads from the FBI that supported us in this
investigation.
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