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Facebook has actually gotten rid of a disinformation network it says was linked to “Roger Stone and his associates”.
Mr Stone was a long-time political strategist and is an ally of United States President Donald Trump. He was founded guilty of lying to Congress in 2019.
He has denied involvement with the false information network.
Facebook also said it had actually determined a network of fake accounts run by staff members of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s government.
The social media network released information of 4 false information campaigns ahead of the July edition of its regular monthly report on co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour.
” Campaigns like these raise a particularly complex challenge by blurring the line between healthy public argument and control,” Facebook stated.
What was linked to Stone?
Facebook stated it had removed 54 accounts, 50 pages, and 4 Instagram accounts it had linked to Mr Stone.
About 260,000 accounts followed one or more of the Facebook pages.
The inauthentic pages posted about Mr Stone’s websites, books, and media appearances; regional politics; and material leaked by Wikileaks ahead of the United States 2016 election.
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Mr Stone was a Trump project advisor.
On the other hand, the fake profiles posed as Florida citizens and discussed the posts to make them look more popular.
In overall, those behind the pages spent about $308,000 on Facebook marketing.
Facebook stated numerous of the inauthentic pages had links to Pro