Facebook removes political disinformation accounts linked to President Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Facebook removed disinformation accounts it says were linked to Roger Stone, the longtime friend of President Trump.
"The Page admins and account owners posted about local politics in Florida, Roger Stone and his Pages, websites, books, and media appearances, a Florida land and water resources bill, the hacked materials released by Wikileaks ahead of the US 2016 election, candidates in the 2016 primaries and general election, and the Roger Stone trial," Facebook said.
In April, the FBI unsealed records showing Stone allegedly bought hundreds of fake Facebook pages in 2016, which he used to circulate news articles that would damage his political rivals and, later, to defend himself against charges of Russian collusion. Facebook said those records led to the new actions.
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