This edition features stories from Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis, Kimon de Greef, Tom Vanderbilt, Diane Mehta, and George Stiffman.
Craig Silverman
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A Scammer Who Tricks Instagram Into Banning Influencers Has Never Been Identified. We May Have Found Him.
“They say Meta failed to help them and to take OBN and other account manipulators seriously.”
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“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
An internal memo from fired data scientist Sophie Zhang explains how Facebook knew that politicians around the world were engaged in “inauthentic activity” on the social network in order to manipulate voters.