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ScreenshotofthepostontheBritishmedicalforum
claimingtoleakthefullAstraZenecadocument,
May18.
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Screenshotofacommentbythesamefake
Facebookaccount,respondingtoalocalnewsstory
inFloridaon20May,2021.Theaccountshareda
linktooneoftheoperation’searlyarticles.
AccordingtoFrenchinvestigativepublicationFact&Furious,theoperationsentinfluencerson
YouTube,InstagramandTikTokadetailedbriefingcontainingthecampaignarguments,articles,
andinstructionstoaddlinksintheinfluencers’bios.Interestingly,unlikeinDecember,the
operationitselfdidnotrelyonspammytacticsnorusedanyhashtags.However,itreportedly
instructedtheinfluencerstousegenerichashtags,suchas#coronaand#covid19,likelyinan
attempttoinjecttheircontentintothemainstreampandemic-relatedconversationonline.
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PartofthetaskingthattheFazzecampaignwasreportedto
havesenttoinfluencers.(Source:f actandfurious.com).
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