2020 GLOBAL INVENTORY OF ORGANIZED SOCIAL MEDIA MANIPULATION
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HIGHEST SPEND @ TOP
FIGURE 2 - FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNT TAKEDOWNS
COUNTRIES DEPLOYING COMPUTATIONAL PROPAGANDA - HIGHEST FACEBOOK SPEND FROM TOP
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
TARGET COUNTRIES
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Azerbeijan
Bahrain
Baltics
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belarus
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chile
China
Cote d'Ivoire
Cuba
DR Congo
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
English
Estonia
Europe
Farsi
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Global audiences
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Lithuania
Madagascar
Mauritania
MENA
Mexico
Middle East
Moldova
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nigeria
North Africa
Pakistan
Palestine
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
South East Asia
Spain
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
UAE
Ukraine
United Kingdom
USA
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Bolivia
Ukraine
Ecuador
USA
Russia
Iraq
Egypt
Turkey
Morocco
India
Saudi Arabia
Georgia
Myanmar
Philippines
Iran
DR Congo
Honduras
Moldova
China
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Spain
Pakistan
Romania
Nigeria
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Bangladesh
China
Cuba
Ecuador
Egypt
Honduras
Indonesia
Iran
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Spain
Thailand
Turkey
UAE
Venezuela
Source: Authors’ evaluations based on data collected. Note: Facebook column is organized by highest spend. Data based on Facebook and Twitter takedowns where
state actors were attributed by the platforms. This does not include takedown data where non-state actors were attributed.
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