Facebook took down 652 accounts and pages after finding a new influence campaign ahead of the midterms. It far exceeds the one found last month.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 7:30 PM EST
Facebook said it had identified a new political influence campaign on its platform that appeared intended to disrupt the midterm elections, with the social network finding and taking down 652 fake accounts and pages that were trying to sow discord around social issues.
Some of the accounts in the new influence campaign originated in Iran and Russia, Facebook said.
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