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Facebook (FB) Takes Down Fake Iranian Accounts
臉書和推特平息了一波政治操縱浪潮
素材來源：彭博社 翻譯：世界播
Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have been sharing notes on fake accounts tied to Iran that have been trying to manipulate political thought around the world, leading to another wave of takedowns by the social-media sites.
臉書和推特一直在分享與伊朗有關的虛假賬戶的信息，這些賬戶一直在試圖操縱世界各地的政治思想，這引發了這兩家社交媒體網站的另一波撤除浪潮。
Facebook said it removed 783 pages, groups and accounts linked to Iran that were attempting to manipulate political discussions about current events, like the Israel-Palestine conflict and the wars in Syria and Yemen. The company said Thursday that the accounts and page administrators typically represented themselves as locals in at least 26 countries, including Iraq, Israel, Afghanistan and the U.S., but posted messages that repeated the content of Iranian state media.
臉書表示，它刪除了783個與伊朗有關聯的頁面、群組和賬戶，這些頁面、群組和賬戶試圖操縱有關當前事件的政治討論，比如巴以衝突以及敘利亞和葉門的戰爭。該公司周四時表示，這些賬戶和頁面管理員通常代表至少26個國家的當地人，包括伊拉克、以色列、阿富汗和美國，但他們發布的信息與伊朗官方媒體發布的內容重複。
The removals built on activity the companies found last year, with some outside help from security firm FireEye. The industry collaboration has been central to the success of these operations, Facebook said.
這些清除是在這些公司去年發現的活動的基礎上進行的，並得到了網路安全公司火眼的一些外部幫助。臉書表示，行業內的合作一直是這些業務成功的關鍵。
In September, Twitter disclosed it had suspended 770 accounts potentially based in Iran for violating its policies. Since then, the company has suspended 2,617 additional malicious accounts it believes had origins in Iran, which tweeted 24,000 times about the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.
去年9月，推特披露，因違反其政策，該平台已對770個可能位於伊朗的賬戶進行了封號。自那以後，該公司又封了2617個它認為的源自伊朗的惡意賬戶，這些賬戶就2018年美國中期選舉發了2.4萬次推特。
Overall, the amount of election-related content has been on the rise, Twitter said.
推特表示，總體而言，與選舉相關的內容數量一直在上升。
「In contrast to 2016, we identified much less platform manipulation from bad-faith actors located abroad,」 Carlos Monje, Twitter』s head of public policy, wrote in a blog post. 「That said, as part of our ongoing review we found limited operations that have the potential to be connected to sources within Iran, Venezuela, and Russia.」
推特公共政策主管卡洛斯?蒙耶在一篇博客文章中寫道:「與2016年相比，我們發現來自海外的惡意參與者操縱平台的情況要少得多。也就是說，作為我們正在進行的審查的一部分，我們發現有可能與伊朗、委內瑞拉和俄羅斯境內的來源相聯繫的行為是有限的。」
Facebook said it has shared information about the campaign, which started in 2010, with law enforcement officials in the U.S. and the affected countries. 「Although the people behind this activity attempted to conceal their identities, our manual review linked these accounts to Iran,」 Facebook said in a blog post.
臉書表示，它已經與美國和其他受影響國家的執法官員分享了有關這場始於2010年的運動的信息。臉書在一篇博客文章中表示:「儘管這些活動背後的人試圖隱藏自己的身份，但我們的人工審查還是挖出了這些賬戶與伊朗之間的聯繫。」
The content included 262 pages, 356 accounts and 3 groups on Facebook, and 162 accounts on Instagram. The groups spent less than $30,000 in Facebook advertising, but 2 million Facebook users followed at least one of their pages.
這些內容包括262個頁面，356個賬號和3個群組，以及162個Instagram賬號。這些團體在臉書上的廣告支出不到3萬美元，但有200萬臉書用戶至少關注了其中一個頁面。
On a call with the media, Facebook said it became aware of the extent of the campaign by sharing notes with Twitter, which said it also removed accounts potentially linked to Russia and Venezuela as part of its review of the midterm elections.
在與媒體的通話中，臉書表示，通過與推特分享信息，它意識到這場運的規模。推特則稱，作為中期選舉評估的一部分，它還刪除了可能與俄羅斯和委內瑞拉有關的賬戶。
Twitter said it continues to see activity on the service related to the Russian Internet Research Agency, the troll farm that spread divisive information during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It found 418 additional accounts that appeared to originate in Russia and posted 73,398 tweets related to the midterm elections, with hashtags like #MAGA and #ReleasetheMemo.
推特指出，它繼續發現了與俄羅斯互聯網研究機構有關的活動。俄羅斯互聯網研究機構是在2016年美國總統大選期間傳播分裂信息的「巨魔農場」。它還發現了418個似乎是來自俄羅斯的賬戶，並發布了73398條與中期選舉有關的推文，帶有#MAGA和#ReleasetheMemo等標籤。
Twitter said it also suspended 764 accounts in Venezuela before election day and notified law enforcement of the activity.
推特還表示，在選舉日之前，它還封禁了委內瑞拉的764個賬戶，並將這一行動通知給了有關執法部門。
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