Facebook, Twitter Disable Fake Accounts Using AI to Push Pro-Trump Messages

Facebook and Twitter disabled a global network of hundreds of fake accounts that pushed pro-Trump messages and covered its tracks using inauthentic photos generated with the aid of artificial intelligence. The tech giants’ takedown targeted the BL, a U.S.-based media company that Facebook linked to Epoch Media Group that has criticized the Chinese government; has ties to Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual movement; and has vociferously supported the reelection of President Trump.