Facebook removes more Russian-backed troll accounts

Published April 3, 2018 9:22pm ET



Facebook announced Tuesday it found and removed more accounts secretly controlled by a Russian troll farm.

In a blog post, the social media giant announced 138 Facebook pages, 70 Facebook accounts, and 65 Instagram accounts that were controlled by Russia’s Internet Research Agency and were removed Tuesday morning.

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