Adverts and sponsored posts for face masks and other medical supplies continue to circulate on Facebook and Instagram, despite efforts to crack down on profiteers and fraudsters who are exploiting the sky-rocketing demand created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more "Facebook and Instagram have a serious Coronavirus problem"
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Dieser Text wurde gemeinsam mit unserem Medienpartner Buzzfeed News Germany am 3. April 2020 veröffentlicht. Trotz eines vor Wochen angekündigten Verbotes verbreiten die Plattformen weiter Werbung für Masken und anderes medizinisches Zubehör. Auf Facebook und Instagram kursieren … Read more "Facebook and Instagram – still – have a problem with fraudulent coronavirus ads"
We all have heard about troll farms. However, much of the reporting about bots and trolls is just speculation. To find out what is really involved, our reporter went undercover to work as a troll for six-months at a troll farm in Wroclaw. This report gives insights about a commercial company that turned the spreading of hate and propaganda into their business model. Read more "Undercover at a troll farm"
Dieser Text wurde gemeinsam mit unserem Medienpartner Buzzfeed News Germany am 31. Oktober 2019 veröffentlicht. Sechs Monate lang hat eine Reporterin undercover gegen LGBTs gehetzt, für Polens Staatsfernsehen und einen linken Politiker geworben. Sechs Monate lang recherchierte Katarzyna … Read more "Hidden in the troll farm"
For six-months an undercover journalist joined our investigation team looking into disinformation. Working for a commercial troll farm in Warsaw, she and her colleagues managed almost 200 profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, wrote thousands of messages and comments, promoted her clients products and trolled politicians and her clients' competitors. Read our report on what the troll farm work was described internally as the "Lame Rebellion". Read more "Inside a troll farm"