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Iran's Social Media Scheme Impersonated Press THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019 04 05 THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019 Burning vehicle over BD50 dispute: Amputation of toddler’s Court releases man from detention world toes: Investigation launched TDT | Manama fying the National Health Regu- Hassan Al Buali, the Iran’s social media scheme impersonated press latory Authority, to examine the n investigation has been child and procedures she un- Counsellor at Minis- launched by the Public derwent. tries and Public Bodies AProsecution on the cir- Investigation continues pend- Prosecution, said the Twitter said cumstances leading to the am- ing the committee’s report. child’s mother filed that• it removed a putation of a toddler’s toes at The two-year-old kid’s situa- a complaint accusing Salmaniya Medical Complex. tion got public attention follow- network of 2,800 the hospital of medical inauthentic accounts Hassan Al Buali, the Coun- ing reports appeared in the local negligence Representative picture sellor at Ministries and Public newspapers. originating in Iran Bodies Prosecution, said the The reports blamed medical The defendant con- child’s mother filed a complaint negligence for the circumstanc- TDT | Manama Facebook removed accusing the hospital of medical es that led to the amputation of fessed that he stole • negligence. her foot. he First High Criminal the vehicle and drove 51 accounts, 36 pages The hospital, the mother said, Errors can happen, TCourt released a man, ac- it to an isolated area and seven groups from amputated her daughter’s toes “Tragedy” but these kind of cused of torching his friend’s near Salmabad, be- the social network as a result of “wrong medical MP Zainab Abdulameer de- blunders, classified father’s car over a missing fore setting it on fire and another three procedures”. scribed the case as a “tragedy” as negligence or accountable. BD50 dispute, from detention using gasoline pro- from Instagram The mother told prosecution and a “shameful” matter and de- incompetence Zainab Abdulameer further after a year. cured from a nearby that her daughter was diag - manded Health Minister Faeqa of cadres, are warned that the time has come The First High Criminal nosed to have issues with her Al Saleh to interfere. for Bahrain to place stringent Court released a man, accused fuel station • Real American liver, since birth. Abdulameer, who’s the Depu- unacceptable norms for recruiting medical of torching his friend’s father’s individuals, including a The complaint says: “On May ty Chairperson of the Youth and professionals. “Serious policies car over a missing BD50 dis- “He then started question- handful of Republican 4, 2019, the girl was receiving Sports Committee in the Coun- MP ZAINAB ABDULAMEER are required to avoid such hap- pute, from detention after a ing me about a missing BD50, political candidates treatment for swelling and liq- cil of Representatives, said that penings which threaten the rep- year. which, according to him, was uid accumulation in her feet. such mistakes aren’t acceptable, utation of Bahrain in the health The court adjourned the in the room. Facebook and Twitter have removed accounts used in an Iran-based social media campaign aimed at swaying public opinion San Francisco Surgical intervention was re- “especially considering the ad- sector.” case to 17 June 2019 pending “I denied taking it and after quired and the child’s toes were vanced status of the Kingdom abroad for treatment on the “Errors can happen, but these a mental health condition re- that, we left the house. hind them was evidently or - “The individuals behind this the Instagram accounts, accord- giarizing tweets from legitimate amputated on May 23, 2019.” in the field.” ministry’s expense and to form a kind of blunders, classified as port. “However, the issue popped acebook and Twitter said chestrated to promote Iranian activity, which also took place ing to Gleicher. accounts, FireEye said. The prosecution has assigned The Parliamentarian urged committee to urgently probe the negligence or incompetence of Court records say the inci- up again with him repeatedly Tuesday they shuttered political interests, according to on other internet platforms and FireEye said that some ac - Early this year, Facebook said a medical committee, after noti- the minister to send the child case and hold those responsible cadres, are unacceptable.” dents leading to the case oc- accusing me of stealing it,” the accounts used in an Iran- California-based FireEye. websites, misled people about The individuals counts in the social media cam- it took down hundreds of “in- curred following a missing defendant told prosecutors. F behind this activity based social media campaign to “In addition to utilizing fake who they were and what they paign claimed to be activists, authentic” accounts from Iran BD50 dispute between the The defendant confessed sway public opinion by imper- American personas that es - were doing,” Gleicher said. also represented correspondents or “free journal- that were part of a vast manip- suspect and his friend. that he stole the vehicle and sonating reporters, politicians poused both progressive and Those actors claimed to be themselves as ists” in descriptions of the users. ulation campaign operating in The issue occurred follow- drove it to an isolated area near and others. conservative political stances, located in the United States or journalists or “Narratives promoted by these more than 20 countries. ing an overnight stay by the Salmabad, before setting it on Facebook removed 51 ac - some accounts impersonated Europe and used fake accounts other personas and and other accounts in the net- The pages were part of a cam- suspect at his friend’s room on fire using gasoline procured counts, 36 pages and seven real American individuals, in- to run pages or groups as they work included anti-Saudi, an- paign to promote Iranian inter- May 11 last year. from a nearby fuel station. tried to contact Crackdown on illegal shops groups from the social net - cluding a handful of Republican impersonated legitimate news policymakers, ti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian ests in various countries by cre- According to the suspect, his The owner came to know work and another three from political candidates that ran for organizations in the Middle themes,” FireEye said. ating fake identities as residents friend repeatedly accused him about the missing car only Instagram after investigating a House of Representatives seats East, according to Facebook. reporters, Accounts expressed support of those nations, Gleicher said at of stealing, even though he did when he was told about it by tip from internet security firm in 2018,” FireEye said in a blog “The individuals behind this academics, Iranian for the Joint Comprehensive the time. Authorities shut down shops for violating commercial registration laws not know about it. others. “I woke up after get- FireEye, according to head of post. activity also represented them- dissidents and other Plan of Action -- the deal aimed The operators “typically rep- The dispute soon erupted ting calls from so many people cybersecurity policy Nathaniel selves as journalists or other public figures at curbing Iran’s nuclear pro- resented themselves as locals, into a noisy altercation with asking me about my car. I went Gleicher. Playing the press personas and tried to contact gram in exchange for sanctions often using fake accounts, and Twitter said that it removed Those in the influence net- policymakers, reporters, aca- HEAD OF CYBERSECURITY POLICY relief. posted news stories on cur - rude remarks sending the sus- out of the house and it wasn’t NATHANIEL GLEICHER. pect into a rage. there.” a network of 2,800 inauthentic work had material published demics, Iranian dissidents and They also opposed the Trump rent events,” including “com- Recalling the incident, the “I went to the police station accounts originating in Iran in in US and Israeli media outlets, other public figures,” Gleicher administration’s designation mentary that repurposed Ira- suspect told interrogators, “He and reported that my car was early May, but was not privy to lobbied journalists to cover cer- said. of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard nian state media’s reporting was my friend and I stayed missing.” the FireEye findings made pub- tain topics, and appear to have Facebook content was posted Corps as a Foreign Terrorist on topics like Israel-Palestine with him overnight in his “A few hours later, my car lic Tuesday. orchestrated interviews in the in English or Arabic. Topics of Organization, according to the relations and the conflicts in room.” was found completely de - “Our investigations into these US and Britain regarding politics, discussion included public fig- cybersecurity firm. Syria and Yemen,” according to accounts are ongoing,” a Twitter according to FireEye. ures, US secessionist movements, Facebook. “The next day, when I woke stroyed in a fire by the Civil Political posers up, found him searching for Defence Directorate in the In- spokeswoman said, declining to It was not immediately clear Islam, Saudi Arabian influence Facebook has invested heav- something in the room. terior Ministry. discuss details until the analysis whether this campaign was re- in the Middle East and politics The network’s Twitter ac - ily in artificial intelligence and was finished. lated to a broader Iran-based in the United States and Britain. counts posed as Republican po- staff in an effort to stamp out A network of English-lan - social media influence opera- About 21,000 accounts fol- accounts joined one or more of litical candidates running in the efforts by state actors and others guage social media accounts tion uncovered last year, FireEye lowed one or more of the Face- the groups and around 2,600 2018 US congressional midterms, to manipulate the social network Illegal gathering: court misrepresenting who was be- said. book pages, while about 1,900 people followed one or more of appropriating photos and pla- using fraudulent accounts.
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