Facebook has taken down more than 270 pages and accounts operated by the Internet Research Agency, a Russian troll farm, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday. IRA trolls and ads were involved in Russia’s attempts to interfere with the 2016 United States presidential elections, and the trolls have published hate speech and incitements to violence on their Facebook pages. The pages were removed “solely because they were controlled by the IRA, and not based on the content they shared,” Zuckerberg said.
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Facebook Declares Open Season on Russian Trolls
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 5, 2018 11:02 AMFacebook has taken down more than 270 pages and accounts operated by the Internet Research Agency, a Russian troll farm, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday. IRA trolls and ads were involved in Russia’s attempts to interfere with the 2016 United States presidential elections, and the trolls have published hate speech and incitements to violence on their Facebook pages. The pages were removed “solely because they were controlled by the IRA, and not based on the content they shared,” Zuckerberg said.