This bulletin includes coordinated influence operation campaigns terminated on our platforms in Q3 2024. It was last updated on September 12, 2024.JulyWe terminated 89 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Ecuador. The campaign was sharing content in Spanish about Mexican and Ecuadorian politics.We blocked 10 domains from eligibility to appear on Google News surfaces and Discover as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to entities operating in the United States. The influence operations campaign was sharing content in English that sought to persuade voters to run for elected positions as independent candidates. We received leads from Meta that supported us in this investigation.We terminated 27 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was sharing content in English, Polish, French and Russian that was supportive of Russia and critical of Ukraine and Western institutions. We received leads from OpenAI that supported us in this investigation.We blocked 25 domains from eligibility to appear on Google News surfaces and Discover as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was linked to the actor publicly tracked as Doppelganger and was sharing content in English, German and French about news and current events in the US, Western Europe, Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East.We terminated 26 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was sharing content in Russian that was supportive of Russia and critical of Ukraine and the West.We terminated 1 Blogger blog as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was linked to the Internet Research Agency (IRA) and was sharing content in Russian that was supportive of Russia and critical of Ukraine.We terminated 34 YouTube channels and 1 Ads account as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was sharing content in Russian, Spanish, German and English that was supportive of Russia and critical of the West.We terminated 18 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was sharing content in English that was supportive of Russia and critical of the U.S.We terminated 5 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was sharing content in French, Arabic and Spanish that was supportive of Russia and critical of the West.We terminated 12 YouTube channels and 1 Ads account as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was sharing content in Polish, German, Italian, English, Hungarian, Czech and Dari that was supportive of Russia and critical of the West.We terminated 7,319 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. The campaign was linked to a Russian consulting firm and was sharing content in Russian that was supportive of Russia and critical of Ukraine and the West.We blocked 13 domains from 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 English that was supportive of Russia and critical of Ukraine and the West.We blocked 7 domains from 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 supportive of Russia and critical of Ukraine and the West.We terminated 583 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Azerbaijan. The campaign was sharing content in Azerbaijani that was supportive of Azerbaijan and critical of Armenia and critics of the Azerbaijani government.We terminated 5,554 YouTube channels and 15 Blogger blogs and blocked 4 domains from eligibility to appear on Google News surfaces and Discover as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The coordinated inauthentic network uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and U.S. foreign affairs. These findings are consistent with our previous reports.
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Sunday, November 17, 2024
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