Meta Reveals Troll Networks in Turkey: They Spent 18 Million TL on Ads!
August 30, 2023
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One of the largest social media companies in the world metatoday published a report that concerns us all. Published under the name “Adversarial Threat Report”, in some countries,
One of the largest social media companies in the world metatoday published a report that concerns us all. Published under the name “Adversarial Threat Report”, in some countries, such as Russia, Turkey and China. report exposing social media trollsprovides convincing data.
We already know the troll networks in Turkey in general. But the shared data is astonishing. So much so that a troll network is completely obscuring Facebook ads, according to Meta’s report. 667 thousand dollars (about 18 million TL). Let’s take a closer look at the stats in the report shared by Meta.
Who is this troll network that can spend 667 thousand dollars?
Meta’s report states There are 3 troll networks mentioned We see. While two of them focus only on Turkey, one appears to be carrying out joint operations in Iran and Turkey. Let me just point this out: Don’t think of the trolls you see on social media platforms as separate people. They work as a team in the background. Here, Meta has disclosed the accounts and names of these troll networks. If the stories we will share now sound familiar to you, be careful. You fall into the trap of trolls!
Let’s start with the troll network that can spend $667,000 on Facebook. This network, which has 60 accounts, 37 pages and 2 groups on Facebook, shares through 20 accounts on Instagram, 5 accounts on X (Twitter) and 3 accounts on TikTok. “Great Turkey“,”marginal“,”Young refugee and share“,”Resurrection Great Turkey“,”Big Turkiye page” And “man at heartThe troll network, which comes up with names like ‘, is used to impose its own ideas on other users on social media. 667 thousand dollars used advertising budget.
*Screenshot from page 41 of the report shared by Meta. Information is given about the expenditure of 667 thousand dollars. Additional information about this troll network can be found on pages 39 and 40 of the report.
According to Meta’s research, the second largest troll network in Turkey reaches users with 34 accounts on Facebook, 12 accounts on Instagram, 4 accounts on X, and 1 account each on TikTok and YouTube. 21 thousand dollars In the data shared about the network that can publish Facebook and Instagram ads, we see that this troll network can reach 2 million users on Facebook and 125 thousand users on Instagram. “TurkiyehaberiTR“, “turquoise papers1“,”part” And “posthaber_netX accounts such as ” are managed by this network.
Screenshot taken from page 38 of the report. More information about the network can be found on pages 35, 36 and 37.
The other troll network operating in Iran and Turkey is smaller.
Troll network targeting both Iran and Turkey; He has 22 accounts on Facebook, 7 on Instagram, 5 on X, 2 on Telegram and 1 on LinkedIn and Pinterest. Only 670 dollars The number of people that the troll network, which has an advertising budget, can reach is limited to tens of thousands. According to the report “7sabahnews1“,”America Observation“,”seven note” And “IsraelpostAccounts like ‘are part of this troll network…
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