Facebook takes down network of fake pages created in China aimed at influencing US election

September 24, 2020 Washington: Facebook has detected limited Chinese operations intended to both help and hurt President Donald Trumpࢀ™s reelection chances, the company announced on Tuesday, the first public disclosure of Chinese efforts to influence the presidential election in November. The Chinese activity, while modest and not directly attributed to the government in Beijing, could undercut Trumpࢀ™s repeated contention that China is intervening in the election to support former vice-president Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate. While the intelligence community has assessed that China opposes Trumpࢀ™s reelection, officials said this week that the actions on Facebook so far were small and…