Craig Silverman
People Are Spreading False And Unverified Information About Iran's Missile Attack On US Bases In Iraq. Don't Be Fooled.
Information on social media includes outdated images and unverified casualty counts.
Jane Lytvynenko
Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online
One firm promised to “use every tool and take every advantage available in order to change reality according to our client's wishes.”
Craig Silverman
Hackers Are Breaking Into Websites And Adding Links To Game Google
Google made the link a valuable commodity, so hackers are compromising sites and then getting paid to inject links.
Craig Silverman
Facebook The Plaintiff: Why The Company Is Suddenly Suing So Many Bad Actors
The social media giant is trying to prove it can be trusted to police itself.
Craig Silverman
Exclusive: Facebook Fired A Contractor Who Was Paid Thousands In Bribes To Reactivate Banned Ad Accounts
"This behavior is absolutely prohibited under our policies and the individual is no longer working with Facebook."
Craig Silverman
Facebook Said A Chinese Company Compromised Users With Malware And Then Ran Ads Using Their Accounts
The defendants allegedly used the accounts to run ads that often misused the images of celebrities to sell “counterfeit goods and diet pills.”
Craig Silverman
Facebook Says Anonymous Pages Posting Coordinated Pro-Trump Content Do Not Break Its Rules
“I like positivity and like to follow all Trump media”
Craig Silverman
These Hugely Popular Local News Sites In The US And Canada Are Fake
A network of fake local news sites generated millions of pageviews as part of an ad fraud scheme, researchers say.
Craig Silverman
The Buffalo Chronicle Ran Facebook Ads Promoting Dubious Trudeau Stories
The Buffalo Chronicle paid to promote two of its highly dubious stories about Justin Trudeau.
Craig Silverman
The Canadian Election’s Surprise Influencer Is A Buffalo Man Targeting Canadians With Viral Disinformation
Matthew Ricchiazzi has written debunked stories about Canadian politics and once told a US candidate he'd publish "negative articles about [their] opponents" for $400 apiece.
Jane Lytvynenko
A US Ad Agency Was Behind Those Fake Ads Featuring Marilyn Denis, Mike Holmes, And Ron McLean
Ads Inc., which is shutting down in the wake of a BuzzFeed News Investigation, used the images of some of Canada's biggest TV stars as part of a massive Facebook scam.
Craig Silverman
How A Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomers
From San Diego to the Philippines, a Republican digital marketing entrepreneur created one of the biggest Facebook scams of all time.
Craig Silverman
The International Business Times India Has Been Caught Using Deceptive Ad Practices Yet Again
IBT India says it fired the employee responsible, but denies it committed ad fraud.
Craig Silverman
How Oil Industry Videos Have Skirted Canadian Campaign Disclosure Rules
A group backed by the Alberta oil industry spent half a million dollars on videos denouncing pipeline protesters — but stopped promoting them right before it would have been required to register with Elections Canada.
Craig Silverman
Google Removed Dozens Of Android Apps From A Major Chinese Developer Due To "Deceptive Or Disruptive Ads"
This is the third time in recent months that Google has mass-removed apps from a big Chinese developer due to ad violations.
Craig Silverman
Canada's Liberal Party Is Outspending Conservatives Nearly 3 To 1 On Facebook And Instagram
Since July 1, the Liberals have spent $738,715 in advertising on Facebook and Instagram, and the Conservative party has spent $251,303.
Craig Silverman
These “Canadian” Websites And Facebook Pages Are Actually Run From Overseas
Some of the websites use fake profile photos for their writers, while others spread false information.
Craig Silverman
Exclusive: Funders Have Given Facebook A Deadline To Share Data With Researchers Or They’re Pulling Out
Facebook has to provide key data by Sept. 30.
Craig Silverman
Facebook Said It Would Give Detailed Data To Academics. They’re Still Waiting.
“I think the only way to feel reasonably confident about this project is if you ignore what’s happened over the past 16 months.”
Craig Silverman
