Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to two no vax campaigns, one coordinated by Russia and one in Myanmar, which have also tried to recruit several influencers to spread false information on vaccines against Covid 19. The company reports, according to which only in 144 Facebook and 262 Instagram accounts were removed in July.
The Russian network against Pfizer and Astrazeneca
As for the network identified in Russia, the report reads, 65 Facebook profiles and 243 on Instagram have been removed, all linked to the company Fazze, a Russian subsidiary of a marketing company based in Great Britain, now banned. “This platform – they explain from Facebook – mainly targeted users in India, Latin America and, to a lesser extent, the USA. We found her after reviewing the reports on part of her business ”. The network disseminated information to discredit the efficacy of Pfizer and Astrazeneca vaccines.
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In Myanmar network linked to the military regime
The dismantled network in Myanmar, on the other hand, Facebook always reports, had a mainly domestic activity, with protagonists linked to the military regime: “We arrived at this activity after analyzing the information shared by a member of civil society in the country. Our investigations revealed some links between this operation and the business we had already removed in 2018 ”.