The coordinated inauthentic activity that Facebook revealed on Tuesday shows that bad actors are determined to influence U.S. politics, sow division and set Americans against each other—regardless of whether they use conservatism or liberalism as conduits. The now-removed Facebook pages generated more than 9,500 organic posts and were followed by 290,000 other accounts, according to the tech giant. They managed to create about 30 events since May 2017, with the largest event showing about 4,700 accounts interested in attending. FACEBOOK CUTS OFF 'HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS' OF APPS IN NEW REVIEW PROCESSFor instance, the “Resisters” page created a Facebook Event for a protest in Washington, D.C. on August 10 through 12, enlisting the support of real people. According to the DFRL, it’s reasonable to conclude that some of the fake accounts were Russian in origin.

Source: Fox News August 01, 2018 16:41 UTC