Facebook pulls more than 100 suspicious accounts linked to ‘foreign entities’ ahead of midterm elections

By Kelly Cohen

Published November 6, 2018 2:57pm ET

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Facebook pulls more than 100 suspicious accounts linked to ‘foreign entities’ ahead of midterm elections — Some of the Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues, released by members of the U.S. House Intelligence committee, are photographed in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. The ads, dozens of which were disclosed for the first time, were released as representatives of leading social media companies faced criticism on Capitol Hill about why they hadn't done more to combat Russian interference on their sites and prevent foreign agents from meddling in last year's election. | (Jon Elswick/AP)

Ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, social media giant Facebook said it removed more than 100 accounts that could have been involved in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.”

In a statement late Monday, Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, said the company has so far identified 115 accounts on Facebook and Instagram that “may be linked to foreign entities.”

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