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How Internet sleuths exposed a celebrity “volunteer soldier” in Ukraine as a fraud

July 15, 2022

In March, the month after Russia declared war on Ukraine, a new account joined Twitter under the handle CanadianUkrain1, the user claiming to be a North American citizen joining the frontlines of the Ukrainian efforts against the Russian invasion. “Fighting the Russian invader along the Mykolayiv-Kherson axis,” read its bio. “Glory to Ukraine!” CanadianUkrain1 shared …

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Pro-Russian authority in Kherson cuts access to Instagram and YouTube

July 7, 2022

The authority installed by occupying Russian troops in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson announced yesterday that access to Instagram and YouTube was now blocked locally. Officials acknowledge, however, that the American social networks are still available through VPNs, reports Meduza. In the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, Russians were reported to have disabled mobile Internet service by Ukrainian …

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Anthems of victory: How Ukraine is winning the online culture war

June 1, 2022

Whilst all eyes are on Donbas as Russia continues its devastating invasion of Ukraine, another war is being fought on our TVs, phones and computers: the culture war. Right from the start of the offensive, Ukraine has been quick to establish its cultural narrative and ensure that in this war, it will be victorious. Last …

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“Like a weapon:” Ukrainians use social media to stir resistance

March 25, 2022

Social media messaging has become a crucial battleground complementing the Ukrainian military’s performance on the physical front lines, as images and information ripple out on Instagram, Facebook, Telegram and TikTok. “We are experiencing the war very viscerally through social media feeds,” said Emerson Brooking, a resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based international-affairs …

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Meta takes down deepfake of Ukraine’s President Zelensky surrendering

March 17, 2022

Meta removed an altered video falsely depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordering troops to surrender Wednesday. The video is the latest alarming milestone in the parallel information war accompanying Russia’s brutal invasion of neighboring Ukraine, but it was a moment that Ukraine’s government and social media companies appear to have been prepared for. Meta Head …

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Ukraine minister: “Twitter is part of our war effort”

March 7, 2022

From his underground shelter in a secret location in Kyiv, Ukraine’s youngest cabinet minister is waging a digital war on Russia. Using his preferred weapon – social media – Mykhailo Fedorov has been urging chief executives of big businesses to cut ties with Moscow. He’s also taken the unprecedented move of setting up a volunteer …

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Ukrainian Security Service uncovers bot farm that sells bots to Russia

July 27, 2021

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained a Ukrainian national who is suspected of setting up a bot farm to sell fake online accounts, called bots, to Russian customers. The suspect, a local tech specialist, allegedly used nearly 12,000 SIM cards of Ukrainian and Russian mobile operators to create fake user profiles in social networks, messengers and electronic wallets, …

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Facebook bans hundreds of fake accounts linked to Ukrainian lawmakers

May 13, 2021

Social network Facebook removed in April up to 1,000 fake accounts and public pages that spread propaganda and offensive content against rival politicians. Some of these accounts were run by Ukraine’s top officials. People behind these accounts could be linked to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People party, ex-Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, head of the Dovira …

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Facebook starts fighting coronavirus-related fakes in Ukraine

April 2, 2020

With Ukraine under quarantine, social media has proven to be an extremely useful tool for the health ministry and the government to keep the public up to date on the latest developments. But the risk of falling for fake news in social media is high, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when people are staying home, …

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Facebook removes dozens of Russian accounts spreading propaganda in Ukraine

February 13, 2020

Facebook has taken down 78 Russian-based accounts and pages spreading misinformation in Ukraine and neighboring countries on behalf of their government. The company reported on Feb.12 that three unconnected networks of accounts originating from Russia, Iran, Vietnam and Myanmar were removed for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” and “foreign or government interference.” According to the report, 11 pages, 29 …

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Facebook removes over 160 Ukrainian accounts for “inauthentic behavior”

September 23, 2019

Facebook says it has deleted 168 accounts, 149 pages, and 79 groups based in Ukraine for “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” its head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a September 16 statement. He emphasized the reason behind the removals was “not the content they posted.” Gleicher said the “people behind this activity coordinated with one another …

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