Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by whatok » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:11 PM UTC

Information operations directed at Hong Kong
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Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

#2

Post by 29_29 » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:47 PM UTC

I was recently in Beijing and noticed when posting on Instagram many bot accounts posting "Shame on Hong Kong" in Chinese.

This is a Facebook problem too. If you work at facebook please help!

Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by 29_29 » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:49 PM UTC

29_29 wrote: post #2

I was recently in Beijing and noticed when posting on Instagram many bot accounts posting "Shame on Hong Kong" in Chinese. This is a Facebook problem too. If you work at facebook please help!

You could probably still view these using any geotag of a major Chinese city.

Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by envy2 » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:49 PM UTC

Facebook made a similar announcement today: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/08/removing-cib-china/

Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by bertil » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:50 PM UTC

29_29 wrote: post #2

I was recently in Beijing and noticed when posting on Instagram many bot accounts posting "Shame on Hong Kong" in Chinese. This is a Facebook problem too. If you work at facebook please help!

Flag all the accounts that seem suspicious. The more signal, the easier for Threat Intelligence to identify them.

Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by 29_29 » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:53 PM UTC

bertil wrote: post #5

29_29 wrote: post #2

I was recently in Beijing and noticed when posting on Instagram many bot accounts posting "Shame on Hong Kong" in Chinese. This is a Facebook problem too. If you work at facebook please help!

Flag all the accounts that seem suspicious. The more signal, the easier for Threat Intelligence to identify them.

I did, but I feel like this could be solved with machine learning.

Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by alephnan » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:53 PM UTC

I immediately thought to lookup Twitter's company about section. Under Values:

> We believe in free expression and think every voice has the power to impact the world.

Edit: I didn’t realize I appeared to be supporting the trolls. No, I meant it’s good to know Twitter would support the Hong Kong protestors.

Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by Bhilai » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:54 PM UTC

I am curious to know how do companies like Facebook control this kind of activity on WhatsApp where there is end-end encryption. I see a lot of propaganda on Whats App being circulated everyday and people keep forwarding such messages into various groups.

Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by alephnan » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:54 PM UTC

29_29 wrote: post #6

bertil wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flag all the accounts that seem suspicious. The more signal, the easier for Threat Intelligence to identify them.

I did, but I feel like this could be solved with machine learning.

Seems like flagging the accounts should, in theory, feed back as data points into their machine learning models?

Re: Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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Post by nobodyshere » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 6:56 PM UTC

Bhilai wrote: post #8

I am curious to know how do companies like Facebook control this kind of activity on WhatsApp where there is end-end encryption. I see a lot of propaganda on Whats App being circulated everyday and people keep forwarding such messages into various groups.

Can you seriously trust WhatsApp's security now that it belongs to Facebook?