parent Facebook Meta Platforms Inc. AND I tweet Inc. has removed accounts that pushed pro-Western content to audiences in the Russian-speaking Middle East and Central Asia, including posts critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday.
The takedown by two of the most popular social media companies marks some of the first cases of a covert online propaganda campaign that promoted Western ideas, rather than past efforts associated with authoritarian governments seeking to undermine the US and allies. her.
