Facebook claimed in a new report that there were no coordinated disinformation efforts on its platform that played a role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
The finding follows news reports showing significant evidence of violence being incited on Facebook in the days before the attack.
Facebook defines coordinated inauthentic behavior activity as networks of people or pages that coordinate “efforts to manipulate public debate for a strategic goal where fake accounts are central to the operation.”
Tuesday’s report, a summary of incidents in January, lists instances of such activity in Uganda and Palestine but makes no mention of the Capitol attack.
Last month, liberals accused Facebook of deception in its claims that the platform played no role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Media Matters for America, a liberal watchdog that has been monitoring Facebook content, said that Facebook’s claims were designed to deflect attention from Facebook and shift the blame to platforms such as Parler or Gab, which are popular among conservatives.
Facebook’s explanation for allowing certain violent content related to the Capitol attack to appear on its platform was that the company has “been allowing robust conversations related to the election outcome and that will continue.”
