Oct 01, 2021 06:00:00

19 of the top 20 pages for Christians on Facebook were operated by ``Troll Farm'' that spreads conspiracy theories and misinformation

Companies that spread misinformation on SNS for the purpose of interfering with people's political opinions and decision-making are called '

troll farms '. In the US presidential election, it is said that troll farms spread false information and had a significant impact on the election results, but as of 2019, the top Facebook pages that were open to American Christians. Of the top 20, 19 were revealed to have been operated by troll farms outside the United States.

In 2019, Almost All of Facebook's Top Christian Pages Were Run By Foreign Troll Farms - RELEVANT
https://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech-gaming/almost-all-of-facebooks-top-christian-pages-are-run-by-foreign-troll-farms/

19 of the top 20 Facebook page for American Christians are run by Eastern European troll farms | Boing Boing
https://boingboing.net/2021/09/29/19-of-the-top-20-facebook-page-for-american-christians-are-run-by-eastern-european-troll-farms.html

Below is a table showing whether the Facebook page for American Christians is operated by Troll Farm. All but 17 of the top 20 rankings are run by Troll Farms. The following is the ranking as of 2019, but as of September 2021, 5 pages are still active.

Many of the pages that ranked were run by the same troll farm. The Facebook page operated by this troll farm is said to have reached 75 million users per month, but it seems that users rarely liked the posts displayed. Previous studies have found that anger is the most pervasive emotion on social networks . In addition, Facebook's algorithm emphasizes 'user reactions', and information that divides people tends to be displayed to many people, so troll farms 'promote people's reactions and browse It is said that he continued to post false content that maximizes people.

Many of the troll farms were based in Eastern Europe such as Kosovo and Macedonia. Investigations have found that these troll firms spread misinformation in the same way that Russia interfered in the US presidential election in 2016.

Russia's involvement in the US presidential election 'Russia Gate' Facebook posts reach 126 million people Tweets are 131,000 More than 1000 videos on YouTube - GIGAZINE

It is unclear what impact the Troll Farm posts had on the actual Christian community. In addition, although the analyzed data is from 2019 and two years have passed as of September 2021, it is believed that at least some impact continues.