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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.
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