Facebook pulls down over 800 pages and accounts ahead of midterm elections

Facebook pulls down over 800 pages and accounts ahead of midterm elections

6 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-pulls-down-more-than-800-pages-and-accounts-ahead-of-midterm-elections/

The social media giant said it removed 559 Pages and 251 accounts for running afoul of its rules. Facebook said some of these accounts were ad farms that posed as political debate forums. Others would use fake likes and shares so their content would show up higher in the social network's News Feed. 

Some of the accounts included conservative news sites such as Right Wing News, which has more than 3.1 million followers, and left-wing groups such as Resistance and Reverb Press, according to The New York Times.