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MANILA, Philippines — Social media giant Facebook has shut down several fake Facebook accounts and pages, the contents of which were supportive of President Rodrigo Duterte and the possible 2022 presidential bid of his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. The fake accounts were traced to individuals from China’s Fujian province, Nathaniel Gleicher, head of Facebook security policy, said on Tuesday night. ADVERTISEMENT According to Gleicher, the pages and accounts engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior†with their posting about global news and matters relating to the West Philippine Sea and operations of the United States Navy in three languages —...
