Facebook says it has shut down a large network of fake accounts spreading memes and propaganda that promoted Donald Trump and attacked the US president's rivals.
Facebook says it's shut down a large network of fake accounts spreading memes and propaganda about US politics that promoted Donald Trump and attacked his rivals.
Some of the bogus Facebook accounts used profile photos generated by artificial intelligence to create the appearance the fake users were Americans, who then joined Facebook Groups to post political content, the company said. According to Facebook, the network centred on US-based media company The BL, whose bogus accounts had about 55 million total followers across Facebook and Instagram .The BL network, which was operated by individuals in the US and Vietnam, was linked to Epoch Media Group, the publisher of the Epoch Times which is tied to the Falun Gong religious movement, according to Facebook.
Also on Friday, Twitter said it suspended about 700 accounts originating from Vietnam that were evidently part of the same network, for violating its rules banning fake accounts and spam.
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