The removed accounts and pages were mainly in Russian, and many had little political import, the company said. Previously Facebook focused on taking down fake accounts and accounts spreading fake news. Russian media organization RBC last year reported that FAN and IRA once shared the same street address and had other connections. He and Facebook security officials said the company would do the same when they find more legitimate content being pushed out by groups exposed as manipulators. Facebook is on track to bring that data to U.S. voters before congressional elections in November, Zuckerberg said on Tuesday.

Source: New Strait Times April 03, 2018 21:56 UTC