Facebook is reporting more disinformation attempts. The social media network said it banned a “small network” of accounts affiliated with the same Kremlin-backed Russian hacking group that spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S.
presidential election, Variety reported on Tuesday (September 1). Facebook announced that it had removed 13 Facebook accounts and two Pages “linked to individuals associated with past activity by the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA).” The IRA-linked campaign it removed in August “was largely unsuccessful on Facebook, but it tricked unwitting freelance journalists into writing stories on its behalf.” Facebook added that it is notifying the individuals who were contacted by the disinformation network.
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