Facebook deleted more than 80 accounts on Facebook and Instagram as well as 50 personal and business pages.
Facebook blocks Bolsonaro team and ex-Trump advisor – The most important thing to start with:
Facebook has blocked a Brazilian disinformation network from Bolsonaro's ranks as well as numerous fake accounts and followers of former Trump advisor Roger Stone.
Brazilian disinformation network blocked
Facebook said on Wednesday it had blocked a disinformation network of Brazilian accounts. Political messages that could lead to divisions were spread through this network.
There are said to be people behind the networks who are said to have worked for Bolsonaro and his sons Eduardo and Flavio.
More than 80 accounts on Facebook and Instagram are affected by the ban.
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Fake accounts and followers of Trump advisor Roger Stone
At the same time, Facebook deleted 50 personal and business pages of former Trump advisor Roger Stone. Stone and his partners use fake accounts and followers to promote his books and lectures.
After the 2016 presidential election, Roger Stone was sentenced to prison for false testimony before Congress and witness tampering in the Russia affair, which he is scheduled to begin next week.
Facebook does not tolerate such practices
Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's cybersecurity chief, explains in Stone's case that such practices will not be tolerated by Facebook:
“We expect that more political actors will cross this red line and use coordinated inauthentic appearances to influence public debate.”
Source: DerStandard
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