Re:May 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report
by bjterry on Saturday June 12, 2021 @07:45PM
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In the article, they use the term "domestic" to refer to a Pakistani agency posting in Pakistan. The definitions are slightly more clearly explained in another post[0]:
> Foreign-led efforts to manipulate public debate in another country
So it seems to be the nation whose public debate is being targeted, meaning that it could theoretically be either 2 or 3 depending on the intentions of the actor and Facebook's ability to discern it, but definitely not 1.
0: https://about.fb.com/news/2019/10/inauthentic-behavior-polic...
> We view CIB as coordinated efforts to manipulate public debate for a strategic goal where fake accounts are central to the operation. There are two tiers of these activities that we work to stop: 1) coordinated inauthentic behavior in the context of domestic, non-government campaigns and 2) coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf of a foreign or government actor.
Is this "foreign" and "domestic" relative to the US?
Or relative to the affiliations of those who are the direct audience of the CIB?
Or relative to the nations/affiliations of those who are the target to affect through the perceptions of the direct audience of the CIB?
Or...?
Understanding this top level clearly might help understand everything that follows.