‌ Image‌ ‌ Two‌‌posts‌‌by‌‌the‌‌same‌‌fake‌‌account‌‌on‌‌December‌‌14‌‌ and‌‌December‌‌30,‌‌showing‌‌the‌‌same‌‌meme‌‌in‌‌Hindi‌‌ and‌‌then‌‌in‌‌Spanish.‌‌The‌‌Hindi‌‌meme‌‌came‌‌with‌‌an‌‌ English‌‌comment,‌‌the‌‌Spanish‌‌meme‌‌with‌‌a‌‌Hindi‌‌ comment.‌‌Neither‌‌post‌‌gained‌‌reactions.‌ ‌ Upper‌‌post‌‌caption‌:‌“‌ N ‌ ow‌‌it's‌‌your‌‌turn‌‌to‌‌get‌‌ vaccinated‌‌with‌‌AstraZeneca”.‌ ‌ ‌ Lower‌‌post‌‌text‌:‌‌“T ‌ he‌‌vaccine‌‌was‌‌based‌‌on‌‌a‌‌ chimpanzee‌‌gene‌‌from‌‌the‌‌company‌‌AstraZeneca.”‌ ‌ Lower‌‌post‌‌caption‌:‌‌“OK,‌‌it’s‌‌your‌‌turn‌‌for‌‌the‌‌ AstraZeneca‌‌vaccine.”‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ While‌‌this‌‌spammy‌‌campaign‌‌was‌‌still‌‌running,‌‌a‌‌handful‌‌of‌‌health‌‌and‌‌wellbeing‌‌influencers‌‌ posted‌‌Instagram‌‌stories‌‌that‌‌used‌‌the‌‌same‌‌hashtags,‌‌referenced‌‌the‌‌fact‌‌that‌‌the‌‌ AstraZeneca‌‌vaccine‌‌was‌‌derived‌‌from‌‌chimpanzee‌‌adenovirus‌‌and‌‌shared‌‌links‌‌to‌‌the‌‌petitions‌‌ that‌‌the‌‌Fazze‌‌operation‌‌had‌‌created.‌‌While‌‌possible,‌‌it‌‌appears‌‌highly‌‌unlikely‌‌that‌‌these‌‌ influencers‌‌shared‌‌the‌‌operation’s‌‌work‌‌organically.‌‌Given‌‌the‌‌public‌‌reporting‌‌about‌‌this‌‌ network’s‌‌engagement‌‌with‌‌influencers‌‌in‌‌May,‌‌it‌‌is‌‌likely‌‌that‌‌the‌‌operation‌‌used‌‌similar‌‌tactics‌‌ in‌‌December‌‌2020‌‌and‌‌asked‌‌unwitting‌‌people‌‌to‌‌amplify‌‌this‌‌campaign‌‌against‌‌AstraZeneca‌‌ across‌‌social‌‌media‌‌platforms.‌ ‌ The‌‌Instagram‌‌spam‌‌activity‌‌ended‌‌on‌‌December‌‌21.‌‌The‌‌Facebook‌‌accounts‌‌continued‌‌posting‌‌ at‌‌a‌‌very‌‌low‌‌level‌‌—‌‌roughly‌‌a‌‌post‌‌a‌‌week‌‌—‌‌into‌‌early‌‌January.‌‌Between‌‌December‌‌30‌‌and‌‌ January‌‌18,‌‌the‌‌A ‌ rgentinian‌,‌I‌ ndian‌,‌‌and‌‌B ‌ razilian‌‌‌governments‌‌granted‌‌emergency‌‌authorization‌‌ to‌‌the‌‌AstraZeneca‌‌vaccine.‌‌On‌‌January‌‌6,‌‌the‌‌operation‌‌stopped‌‌posting.‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ JULY‌‌2021‌‌COORDINATED‌‌INAUTHENTIC‌‌BEHAVIOR‌‌REPORT‌ 13‌ ‌

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