Meta Removed Hundreds of Facebook and Instagram Accounts Linked to a Chinese COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign


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Meta said it removed more than 600 accounts in connection with a mass disinformation campaign. Meta said it removed 524 Facebook and 86 Instagram accounts linked to the campaign. The company also said it found links between these accounts and a Chinese tech firm, Sichuan Silence Information Technology. Meta, the recently-rebranded organization behind Facebook and Instagram, revealed in a new report on Wednesday that it had taken down hundreds of Facebook and Instagram pages linked to a mass, China-based COVID-19 disinformation campaign. Meta's "Adversarial Threat Report" said that the company removed 524 Facebook accounts, 86 Instagram accounts, 20 Facebook pages,...