Truth Media, Fake Profiles
In July 2020, Facebook took down a network of accounts engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior that it said were associated with Truth Media, a multinational brand operating in multiple languages.
On July 31, 2020, Facebook took down a network of over 500 accounts, groups, pages, and Instagram accounts from around the world that had engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior using fake accounts and fake identities to spread and amplify their message. Facebook said that the people behind the network were associated with Truth Media, a multinational brand that operates in Chinese, English, Vietnamese and other languages and offers “the light of truth” in its reporting.
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