We terminated 3 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated
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from Threat
Group
(TAG)
influence operations
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to Iran. This
campaign
posted content in English, Hebrew,
and Arabic supporting anti-government protests in Israel. This campaign was consistent
with similar findings reported by Facebook.
We terminated 9 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into a coordinated
influence operation linked to Egypt. This campaign posted content in Arabic supportive
of the Muslim Brotherhood and critical of Israel and Saudi Arabia. This campaign was
consistent with similar findings reported by Facebook.
We terminated 6 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated
influence operations linked to Iran. This campaign posted content in Farsi and Dari about
current events and included some content that misrepresented itself as Turkish and
Afghan news outlets. This campaign was consistent with similar findings reported by
Facebook.
OK
We terminated 1 YouTube channel as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated
influence operations linked to Myanmar
Myanmar. This domestic campaign was linked to the
Arakan Army and posted content that misrepresented itself as local news. This
campaign was consistent with similar findings reported by Facebook.
We terminated 3,407 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 cooking. A very small
subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about the U.S. response to COVID-19
and social unrest in the U.S. We received leads from Graphika that supported us in this
investigation. These findings are consistent with our previous reports in the Q2 and Q3
TAG bulletins.
December
We terminated 1 YouTube channel and 1 advertising account as part of our ongoing
investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. This campaign
uploaded content in Russian critical of the Ukrainian government.
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We terminated 1 blog as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations
linked to Argentina. The campaign uploaded content in Spanish that was critical of an
Ecuadorian member of parliament.