October 29, 2019
Figure of the Week: 75,000
Facebook took down 50 Instagram accounts that indicated links to the Internet Research Agency and posted 75,000 times.
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February 05, 2019
Figure of the Week: 2020
The United States' Intelligence chief has warned that Russia is likely to target the 2020 presidential elections with new, enhanced tactics.
December 27, 2018
2018 in Figures
It's been a busy year for the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign. This special edition of Figure of the Week reviews how Russian influence operations sought to divide societies in 2018 and how Western countries hit back.
December 18, 2018
Figure of the Week: 2013
New reports produced for the U.S. Senate shed light on Russia's sweeping efforts to manipulate Americans over the past five years. The reports offer the most comprehensive analysis so far of Russian online influence operations in the United States.
September 25, 2018
Figure of the Week: 20
Facebook's "War Room" will use specially designed software to spot and track unusual activity flowing across the social network during election periods in different countries.
August 28, 2018
Figure of the Week: 93
Bots and Russian trolls are behind many of the messages about vaccination published on social media, according to a new study by researchers at George Washington University.
July 26, 2018
Figure of the Week: $400 Million
Last week, a series of articles was published in the U.S. media relating to a $400-million donation allegedly made by U.S.-born financier Bill Browder to Hillary Clinton's 2016 election campaign. The claim proved "completely without evidence."
March 20, 2018
Figure of the Week: 50 million
The data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica took private information from more than 50 million U.S. Facebook users without their permission to support Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, one of the biggest breaches in Facebook's history.
March 12, 2018
Fuel hysteria, sow discord, spread confusion. Detailed account on manipulation attempts before US elections
A more than two year long operation involving dozens of employees, hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of dollars – such is the scale of Russia’s operation aimed at influencing the public opinion on social media before the 2016 US Presidential elections.
February 27, 2018
Figure of the Week: 20 000
As concern grows over social media's role in helping spread disinformation, Facebook pledges to have 20,000 employees monitoring harmful content on its platform by the end of the 2018.