TAG Bulletin: This autumn 2024

This bulletin consists of coordinated affect operation campaigns terminated on our platforms in This autumn 2024. It was final up to date on December 17, 2024.

October

• We terminated 11 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Moldova. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Russian and Romanian that was supportive of a candidate in Moldova’s presidential election.
• We blocked 27 domains from eligibility to seem on Google Information surfaces and Uncover as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Iran. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Arabic, English, French and Spanish in regards to the Israel-Palestine battle, US army engagement within the Center East, social points within the US, and the US election, together with narratives from throughout the political spectrum.
• We terminated 23 YouTube accounts, 1 AdSense account, 4 Blogger blogs, and blocked 1 area from eligibility to seem on Google Information surfaces and Uncover as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Iran. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in English and Farsi that was supportive of Iran and Yemen and important of Israel.
• We terminated 15 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Iran. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Arabic and Urdu that was supportive of Palestine and Iran and was vital of Israel and the US.
• We blocked 7 domains from eligibility to seem on Google Information surfaces and Uncover as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was linked to the actor publicly tracked as Doppelganger and was sharing content material in English, French, German and Turkish that was supportive of Russia and was vital of Ukraine. It additionally shared content material about European politics, US home and overseas coverage points, and the US presidential election.
• We blocked 1 area from eligibility to seem on Google Information surfaces and Uncover as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in English in regards to the US election.
• We terminated 33 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Russian that was supportive of Russia and President Vladimir Putin and was vital of Ukraine.
• We terminated 10 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in English associated to the US election.
• We terminated 101 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was linked to Russian state-sponsored entities and was sharing content material in Russian that was supportive of Russia and was vital of Moldova.
• We terminated 28 YouTube channels and a couple of AdSense accounts as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Ghana. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in French that was supportive of the Individuals’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia.
• We terminated 191 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Turkish and Russian that was supportive of Russia and was vital of Ukraine.
• We terminated 547 YouTube channels and 1 Adverts account as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in English about French political figures.
• We terminated 4,065 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was linked to a Russian consulting agency and was sharing content material in Russian that was supportive of Russia and was vital of Ukraine and the West.
• We terminated 2,282 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Azerbaijan. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Azerbaijani that was supportive of Azerbaijan and was vital of Armenia and critics of the Azerbaijani authorities.
• We terminated 4 YouTube channels and blocked 1 area from eligibility to seem on Google Information surfaces and Uncover as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations originating from Bangladesh. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Russian vital of the Moldovan authorities.
• We blocked 206 domains from eligibility to seem on Google Information surfaces and Uncover as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations. The marketing campaign was linked to a expertise and advertising firm and was sharing content material about quite a lot of matters supportive of the Individuals’s Republic of China (PRC), together with content material in regards to the 2024 Taiwan election and content material vital of US overseas coverage.
• We terminated 6,318 YouTube channels as a part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to the Individuals’s Republic of China (PRC). The coordinated inauthentic community uploaded content material in Chinese language and English about China and US overseas affairs. These findings are according to our earlier experiences.