Facebook bans an Israel-based group for running an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries
In this December 13, 2011 file photo, a sign with Facebook's"Like" logo is posted at Facebook headquarters near the office for the company's User Operations Safety Team in Menlo Park, California.
But he said Facebook discovered "coordinated inauthentic behaviour," with accounts posing as certain political candidates, smearing opponents and presenting as local news organizations peddling supposedly leaked information. Facebook has come under pressure to more aggressively and transparently tackle misinformation aimed at sowing division and confusion around elections, since the revelation that Russia used Facebook to sway the 2016 US presidential election.
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