TAKEDOWN‌‌BY‌‌THE‌‌NUMBERS‌ ● ‌ Presence‌‌on‌‌Facebook‌‌and‌‌Instagram:‌‌‌65‌‌Facebook‌‌accounts‌‌and‌‌243‌‌Instagram‌‌ accounts.‌ ‌ ● Followers:‌A ‌ bout‌‌24,000‌‌accounts‌‌followed‌‌one‌‌or‌‌more‌‌of‌‌these‌‌Instagram‌‌accounts.‌‌ ‌ ● Advertising:‌‌‌Around‌‌$200‌‌in‌‌spending‌‌for‌‌ads‌‌on‌‌Facebook‌‌and‌‌Instagram‌‌paid‌‌for‌‌ primarily‌‌in‌‌US‌‌dollars,‌‌euros‌‌and‌‌Russian‌‌rubles.‌‌That‌‌includes‌‌the‌‌entirety‌‌of‌‌historic‌‌ advertising‌‌activity‌‌by‌‌both‌‌inauthentic‌‌and‌‌authentic‌‌accounts‌‌removed‌‌as‌‌part‌‌of‌‌this‌‌ network.‌‌We‌‌haven’t‌‌seen‌‌ad‌‌spend‌‌associated‌‌with‌‌the‌‌vaccine-focused‌‌campaign‌‌ described‌‌in‌‌this‌‌report.‌ ‌ ____________________________________________________________________________________‌ ‌ ‌ NOVEMBER-DECEMBER‌‌2020:‌‌THE‌‌ASTRAZENECA‌‌PHASE‌ ‌ The‌‌operation’s‌‌first‌‌phase‌‌centered‌‌around‌‌the‌‌false‌‌claim‌‌that‌‌the‌‌AstraZeneca‌‌vaccine‌‌ ‌ was‌‌dangerous‌‌because‌‌it‌‌was‌‌derived‌‌from‌‌a‌‌chimpanzee‌‌adenovirus.‌‌It‌‌primarily‌‌targeted‌‌ audiences‌‌in‌‌India‌‌and‌‌Latin‌‌America,‌‌with‌‌sporadic‌‌and‌‌unsuccessful‌‌attempts‌‌to‌‌reach‌‌ audiences‌‌in‌‌the‌‌United‌‌States.‌‌This‌‌phase‌‌of‌‌the‌‌on-platform‌‌operation‌‌has‌‌not‌‌been‌‌ ‌ previously‌‌reported.‌ ‌ The‌‌Fazze‌‌operation‌‌began‌‌with‌‌the‌‌creation‌‌of‌‌two‌‌batches‌‌of‌‌fake‌‌Facebook‌‌accounts‌‌in‌‌late‌‌ 2020,‌‌which‌‌likely‌‌originated‌‌from‌‌account‌‌farms‌‌in‌‌Bangladesh‌‌and‌‌Pakistan.‌‌They‌‌posed‌‌as‌‌ being‌‌based‌‌in‌‌India.‌ ‌ The‌‌accounts‌‌initially‌‌posted‌‌a‌‌small‌‌volume‌‌of‌‌non-covid‌‌content‌‌—‌‌typically‌‌about‌‌Indian‌‌food‌‌ or‌‌Hollywood‌‌actors.‌‌In‌‌late‌‌November,‌‌however,‌‌the‌‌operation‌‌began‌‌using‌‌some‌‌of‌‌them‌‌to‌‌ post‌‌on‌‌blogging‌‌platforms‌‌and‌‌petition‌‌websites,‌‌including‌‌Medium‌‌and‌‌Change[.]org.‌‌These‌‌ blogs‌‌and‌‌petitions,‌‌in‌‌English‌‌and‌‌Hindi,‌‌claimed‌‌that‌‌AstraZeneca‌‌manipulated‌‌its‌‌COVID-19‌‌ vaccine‌‌trial‌‌data‌‌and‌‌used‌‌an‌‌untried‌‌technology‌‌to‌‌create‌‌the‌‌vaccine.‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ JULY‌‌2021‌‌COORDINATED‌‌INAUTHENTIC‌‌BEHAVIOR‌‌REPORT‌ 9‌ ‌