Facebook said Friday that it had removed hundreds of accounts with ties to the Epoch Media Group, parent company of the Falun Gong-related publication and conservative news outlet The Epoch Times.The accounts -- including pages, groups and Instagram feeds meant to be seen in both the United States and
Facebook said Friday that it had removed hundreds of accounts with ties to the Epoch Media Group, parent company of the Falun Gong-related publication and conservative news outlet The Epoch Times.
Scientists have already shown that machines can generate images and sounds that are indistinguishable from the real thing or spew vast volumes of fake text, which could accelerate the creation of false and misleading information. This year, researchers at a Canadian company even built a system that learned to imitate the voice of podcaster Joe Rogan by analyzing audio from his old podcasts. It was a shockingly accurate imitation.
Story continuesThe Epoch Media Group denied in an email sent to The New York Times that it was linked to the network targeted by Facebook and said that Facebook had not contacted the company before publishing its conclusions. Ben Nimmo, director of investigations at Graphika, said that “we need more research into AI-generated imagery like this, but it takes a lot more to hide a fake network than just the profile pictures.”
The Epoch Times and The BL have denied being linked, but Facebook said it had found coordinated, inauthentic behavior from the network to the Epoch Media Group and individuals in Vietnam working on its behalf. Twitter said Friday that the social network was also aware of The BL network and had already “identified and suspended approximately 700 accounts originating from Vietnam for violating our rules around platform manipulation.” A company spokeswoman added that its investigation was still open, but Twitter has not identified links between the accounts and state-backed actors.
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