Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Archives

Snopes Tips: How to Spot Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior

People and groups sometimes hide their identities on social media in order to mislead and/or...

Snopestionary: What Is ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’?

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have taken steps to bar such behavior...

Fake Accounts Gain Traction As They Praise China, Mock US

Messages posted by the network, which also praised China, reached the social media feeds of...

Facebook Shutters Pro-Trump Group Posing as ‘Official Kayleigh McEnany Fan Page’

The social network previously shut down a different but similarly named group after discovering it...

A Collection of Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior

Snopes investigates the coordinated efforts of trolls, scams, and campaigns that aren't quite what they...

Exclusive: Facebook Groups Removed for Trump Train, Candace Owens, and Ivanka Trump

Three pro-Trump Facebook Groups with more than 1.6 million total members all disappeared in September...

This Kayleigh McEnany Facebook Group Was Run from North Macedonia

Records show that the foreign-run Facebook group Kayleigh McEnany OFFICIAL had at least 456,000 members...

Twitter Bans Account After Trump Amplified Its Racially Charged Videos

Trump's promotion of @AlwaysActions provided a fascinating insight into the information (and disinformation) ecosystem of...

Facebook Removes Another Misinformation Network Linked to Epoch Times

The actions come after an investigation by Snopes into the digital network's fraudulent behavior.

Media Outlet The BL Evaded a Facebook Ban By Making a Copy of Its Site

A clone of The Beauty of Life (BL) site called The Lion has existed since...

Kosovar Facebook Pages Use Coronavirus Fears, ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Memes To Trick American Followers

Networks from the Balkans nation are deploying divisive content and patriotic nostalgia, echoing past foreign...

Savage Memes and Lunar Dreams: Deceptive Dating Sites’ Intimate Ties to Firefly Aerospace

How Cheech and Chong's Facebook timeline unwittingly exposed a network of niche dating websites tied...