Meta says it has taken down two sprawling networks using fake social media accounts engaged in covert influence campaigns being run from China and Russia.
Meta said the two separate networks had violated the company's policy against Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior .
Posts targeting the Czech Republic focused on criticizing the government's "support of Ukraine, its impact on the Czech economy, and calling for the government to avoid antagonizing China," Meta noted inIn the U.S., the Chinese network targeted both Republicans and Democrats, with posts expressing support both for and against protecting gun rights and abortion access.
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