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Disinformation Series: Hostile Social Manipulation

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The Cipher Brief is running a special series on disinformation over the next several months.  We’ll introduce you to experts in the field who will share ways to identify disinformation efforts, help you critically think your way through what you see and share tips on what to do when you do see it.  If you’d like to read the series from the beginning, be sure to check out Disinformation 101 featuring former CIA analyst and Intelligence Briefer Cindy Otis. 

Efforts at disinformation are ripped right from the headlines, as is evident by the protests that have been impacting Hong Kong for months now.  Twitter says it has suspended nearly 1,000 accounts that it believes were being operated by Chinese actors seeking to influence how the protests were being perceived.  Facebook followed suit and removed a number of accounts that looked like personal or corporate accounts - after being told they were likely fakes set up for influence purposes.

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