Facebook has banned 137 accounts and pages across the social network and Instagram.
Facebook has detected a network of fake accounts in the UK that were trying to influence political debate.
The Atlantic Council analysed some of pages and said overall they"seemed design to amplify pro-Islam and anti-extremist messaging." On Thursday, the Silicon Valley social networking giant announced it had detected a group of 137 accounts, pages, and groups across Facebook and Instagram that"[engaged] in coordinated inauthentic behavior as part of a domestic-focused network in the UK," and that were followed by 175,000 people.
Since the 2016 US presidential election drew more scrutiny to abuse on Facebook's platform, the social network has been battling to take down networks of bad actors trying to use the social network to spread misinformation and influence political debate around the world.
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