Facebook bans dozens of accounts for engaging in an anti-vaccine campaign

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Facebook banned Fazze, an influencer firm that operated from Russia, because of its involvement in smearing Western Covid-19 vaccines

Facebook removed hundreds of anti-vaccine accounts after finding them linked to a Russian advertising agency.

In May 2021, when a number of countries, including India, the United States, and others in Latin America, were reportedly discussing the emergency authorization of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, an anti-vaccine campaign targeting the two vaccines suddenly popped up, even sharing a fake AstraZeneca document to sully the company's reputation.

vaccine safety. The unfounded claims also appeared on Reddit and Medium. But despite hashtags and multiplatform efforts, the campaign failed to gain major traction. Over the four years, the social network has been publishing its findings of what it calls a Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour .

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