Facebook finds and kills another 512 Kremlin-linked fake accounts
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/17/facebook-finds-and-kills-another-512-kremlin-linked-fake-accounts/
Two years on from the U.S. presidential election, Facebook continues to have a major problem with Russian disinformation being megaphoned via its social tools.
In a blog post today the company reveals another tranche of Kremlin-linked fake activity — saying it’s removed a total of 471 Facebook pages and accounts, as well as 41 Instagram accounts, which were being used to spread propaganda in regions where Putin’s regime has sharp geopolitical interests.