11/22/22, 11:23 PM TAG Bulletin: Q3 2022 We terminated 12 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated Updates from Threat (TAG) was linked to a Russian consulting influence operations linkedAnalysis to Russia.Group The campaign firm and was sharing content in Russian that was supportive of Russia and the Russian military and critical of NATO, Ukraine, and the West. We received leads from Twitter that supported us in this investigation. We terminated 15 YouTube channels, 2 AdSense accounts, and 1 Blogger blog as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Vietnam. The campaign was sharing content in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and German that was supportive of Russia and critical of Ukraine and China. We believe this operation was financially motivated. We terminated 1 YouTube channel and 1 Ads account and blocked 1 domain from OK eligibility to appear on Google News surfaces and Discover as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was sharing content in Russian that was critical of the United States, the EU, Ukraine, and NATO. We terminated 1104 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to China. These channels mostly uploaded spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment, and lifestyle. A very small subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and U.S. foreign affairs. These findings are consistent with our previous reports. September We terminated 1 AdSense account and blocked 4 domains from eligibility to appear on Google News surfaces and Discover as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to North Macedonia. The campaign was sharing sensational content in English that was about a variety of topics including U.S. and European current events. We believe this operation was financially motivated. We terminated 5 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Myanmar. The campaign was sharing content in Burmese that was critical of the People’s Defense Force of Myanmar. We terminated 3 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into of coordinated Google serves cookies to analyze traffic to this site. Information about your use our site is shared with operations linked to Russia. The campaign was linked to the Internet Research Google for influence that purpose. See details. Agency (IRA) and was sharing content in French that was supportive of Russian policy objectives in Libya. We received leads from the FBI that supported us in this investigation. https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/tag-bulletin-q3-2022/ 3/5

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