https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/17/facebook-pulls-down-nearly-500-accounts-with-ties-to-russia/ > Facebook said Thursday that it has taken down more than 400 pages linked to operations in Russia in a move the company said was part of its efforts to cut down on the spreading of fake news on the social media platform. > In a blog post, Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, said the fake accounts stemmed from two operations. The largest operation, which operated out of the Baltics, Central Asia, and Central and Eastern European countries, included 364 pages and accounts linked to employees at Moscow-based Russian news agency Sputnik.