These are the latest seemingly American pages to be taken down after it was revealed they were run from Eastern Europe.
Facebook has taken down a network of pages that promoted American patriotism and President Donald Trump after they were revealed to be run from Kosovo.
There were more than 170,000 followers of the"Police Lives Matter" page, which shared provocative viral content supporting U.S. police officers and included pages with the titles"All Lives Matter,""I Support The Police US not Criminals" and"Blue Lives Matter USA." To drive online traffic, the network, which had more social engagement than established media outlets like Bloomberg, Vox and BuzzFeed, also ran pages about cute animals, including"Happy Animal Club" and"3-Minute Animal Stories."that while promoting American identity, the pages were actually run from Kosovo and sought to make money by playing on the emotions of Americans.
Facebook has taken down pages linked to American patriotic pages which were revealed to be run from Kosovo. It follows revelations that pages backing President Donald Trump were run from Ukraine.Although not aiming to promote Trump politically, they used misinformation to exploit a right-wing backlash against the Black Lives Matter movement, and often pushed pro-Trump content, Popular Information added.3.
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