In a report, Meta said it identified and removed more than 600 accounts across all of its social media platforms for violating policy against “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” most of them part of a “troll farm.” “to corrupt or manipulate the public. speech using fake accounts. ―Photo Reuters
By Debra Chong
Saturday 06 August 2022 08:29 MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, August 6 — Bukit Aman rejects reports that linked Malaysian police to fake social media accounts, as claimed by Meta, the parent company behind Facebook and Instagram.
Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) Secretary Datuk Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin said he took the allegations seriously.
“RMP denies the allegation and is gathering further information about it,” she added in the two-paragraph statement released late last night.
In its quarterly contradictory threats report released yesterday, Meta said it identified and removed more than 600 accounts across all of its social media platforms for violating the policy against “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” most of them part of of a “troll farm”. corrupt or manipulate public discourse using fake accounts.
Meta claimed that the network of fake accounts posted memes in Malay to support the current government coalition and tried to portray its critics as corrupt, in addition to promoting the police.
To date, he said he has deleted 596 Facebook accounts, 180 pages, 11 groups and 72 Instagram accounts. Meta said his investigation revealed that these accounts were linked to the Malaysian police.
“We found this network after reviewing information on a small portion of this activity originally believed to have originated in China by researchers at Clemson University. Although the people behind it attempted to conceal their identities and their coordination, our investigation found links to the Royal Malaysian Police,” Meta said in his report.
