An Investigation into a Female-Focused Online Campaign in Iran and Afghanistan targeting Afghans

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Abstract: On November 5, 2020 Facebook announced the takedown of 11 Pages, 6 Groups, 33 profiles, and 47 Instagram accounts, an operation that originated in Afghanistan and Iran and targeted Farsi/Dari speakers in Afghanistan. Facebook shared a portion of this network with the Stanford Internet Observatory on October 15, 2020. The operation produced content oriented towards women, including promoting women’s rights. It also promoted the narrative that Iran is a good ally for Afghanistan, highlighted the brutality of the Taliban, and criticized Pakistani and American intervention in Afghanistan. This network was suspended not due to the content of its posts, but rather for coordinated inauthentic behavior; fake profiles were central to the operation.

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/vk688bb7115
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vk688bb7115

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Preferred citation: Grossman, S., DiResta, R., Hundley, L., Jhawer, S., Kheradpir, T., and Royesh, A. (2020). An Investigation into a Female-Focused Online Campaign in Iran and Afghanistan targeting Afghans. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/vk688bb7115

Stanford Internet Observatory, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

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