Russia is the king of disinformation on Facebook, the company says
CNN
Russia and Iran are the top two sources of coordinated fake activity on Facebook, according to a new report released by the company.
Facebook's report, published Wednesday, shows how foreign and domestic covert influence operators have shifted their tactics and grown more sophisticated in response to efforts by social media companies to crack down on fake accounts and influence operations. Facebook has removed more than 150 networks of coordinated fake activity to date, the report said. Twenty-seven networks have been linked to Russia, and 23 to Iran. Nine originated within the United States.President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
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