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Meta’s Copyright System Is Being Weaponized Against Albanian Protesters

ID: 72ed6085-2f58-5721-87ea-f6ecbda08191

STIX ID: report--72ed6085-2f58-5721-87ea-f6ecbda08191

Feed Name: WIRED Security

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2026-09-18

Date Updated: 2026-09-18

Author: Ruchi Kumar

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Reports indicate that organized actors used repeated copyright complaints—often multiple complaints in a short period and reportedly for payment—to trigger content removal and account restrictions on Meta platforms targeting protest-related accounts; investigators verified around 100 cases and estimate the true number could be several hundred, with targeted accounts reaching millions of people.

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