This bulletin contains coordinated affect operation campaigns terminated on our platforms in This fall 2023. It was final up to date on December 15, 2023.
October
- We terminated 8 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Iran. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Hindi and Arabic with anti-Israel narratives.
- We terminated 14 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Iran. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Hindi and Arabic that was supportive of the federal government of Iran.
- We terminated 355 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 important of Ukraine and the West.
- We terminated 13 YouTube channels and 1 Blogger weblog as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in English that was essential of Ukraine and the West.
- We terminated 6 YouTube channels and 1 Adverts account and blocked 4 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 state-funded media and was sharing content material in English, Italian, Spanish and Polish that was supportive of Russia.
- We terminated 57 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Russian, Azerbaijani and Turkish that was supportive of Azerbaijani pursuits within the Nagorno-Karabakh area, and important of Russia and Armenia.
- We terminated 41 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Ukraine. The marketing campaign was linked to the Donbass area of Japanese Ukraine and was sharing content material in Russian that was supportive of Russia and important of the West.
- We terminated 90 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 important of Armenia and critics of the Azerbaijani authorities.
- We terminated 21 YouTube channels and disabled 8 AdSense Accounts as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Ethiopia. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Amharic associated to political subjects in Ethiopia.
- We terminated 40 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 linked to Sudan. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Arabic about Sudanese information and politics.
- We terminated 317 YouTube channels as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Turkey. The marketing campaign was sharing content material in Turkish that was supportive of a Turkish political get together.
- We terminated 3,785 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 largely uploaded spammy content material in Chinese language about music, leisure and life-style. A really small subset uploaded content material in Chinese language and English about China and U.S. international affairs. These findings are in keeping with our earlier stories.
