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Facebook Announces It Has Found New Attempts To Influence American Elections

Hank Berrien

On Tuesday, Facebook announced that it has found a coordinated political influence campaign that seems directed at the November elections, with dozens of inauthentic accounts and pages.

The eight Facebook pages, 17 Facebook profiles, and seven Instagram accounts were created between March 2017 and May 2018, according to The New York Times. Facebook told legislators on Capitol Hill that it could not tie the fake accounts to Russia, but they believe Russia was likely involved.

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