Facebook busts deceptive networks tied to Bolsonaro staff, Trump ally

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Facebook blocks network of accounts linked to Brazil President Bolsonaro and Roger Stone – a longtime Trump ally – as part of investigation into fake news

Bolsonaro office's deceptive campaign

Bogus accounts in Brazil posted about elections; political memes; political opposition, journalists, and most recently they posted about the coronavirus pandemic, according to the leading social network. "While the pages did not openly state that they were connected to Bolsonaro and his allies, several were linked to staffers of pro-Bolsonaro politicians."Account of Trump ally taken down

The Stone network was uncovered with the help of information unearthed by the Robert Mueller investigation, according to Facebook's Gleicher. Almost all of the Facebook accounts were fake, many displaying bogus profile photos taken from elsewhere online, and were used to establish pages and make them seem more popular than they were, according to a study for Facebook by the digital forensics firm Graphika.

 

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