Facebook suspends Russian accounts

The Russians are back, Facebook says. The social media giant Monday said it suspended a network of Instagram accounts.

Reuters reports the accounts had been targeting Americans with divisive political posts.

The accounts appeared to be from Americans but were actually impostors working from within Russia. Accounts operating from Iran were also suspended.

In an effort to combat disinformation and interference Facebook also announced it would take new steps, including slapping labels on state-controlled media and adding greater safeguards for candidates and elected officials at risk of hacks.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-caught-russia-iran-trying-interfere-2020-n1069366

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