We terminated 5 YouTube channels and 2 blogs as part of our ongoing investigation into
Updates
from
Threat
Analysis
Group
(TAG)
coordinated
influence
operations
linked
to Russia.
This campaign uploaded content in
Arabic about current events in the Middle East and North Africa. This campaign was
consistent with similar findings reported by Facebook.
We terminated 3 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated
influence operations linked to France. This campaign uploaded content in French that
was supportive of the French government and critical of the Russian government. The
campaign targeted the Central African Republic and Mali. This campaign was consistent
with similar findings reported by Facebook.
We terminated 34 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into
coordinated influence operations linked to Myanmar
Myanmar. This domestic campaign uploaded
content about the Myanmar elections, regional conflicts, and current events related to
the U.S., China, and Malaysia.
We terminated 3,317 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into
OK
coordinated influence operations linked to China. These channels mostly uploaded
spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment, and cooking. A very small
subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about the U.S. response to COVID-19
and anti-Chinese sentiment in the U.S. We received leads from Graphika and Fireye that
supported us in this investigation. These findings are consistent with our previous
reports in the Q2 and Q3 TAG bulletins.
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