Facebook’s Roger Stone Takedown
Facebook Removes Inauthentic Network Attributed to Political Operative
On July 8, 2020, Facebook took down a network of 54 Facebook accounts, 50 pages, and 4 Instagram accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Facebook attributed this network to Roger Stone and his associates. Almost all the Facebook accounts were fake accounts used, among other things, to establish, manage, and amplify the pages in this network.
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