Facebook Shuts Down 155 ‘Fake’ Accounts Run From China It Says Targeted U.S. Politics

Facebook Shuts Down 155 ‘Fake’ Accounts Run From China It Says Targeted U.S. Politics

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Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down 155 fake accounts it determined were run from China, including accounts posting about the U.S. presidential election.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on ... [+] October 23, 2019.



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In the U.S., where he said the “network focused the least and gained almost no following” the accounts posted content both in support of and against presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden and Donald Trump.







About 133,000 accounts followed one or more of the pages, around 61,000 people joined one or more of the groups and about 150 accounts followed