{"id":376896,"date":"2017-11-23T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=376896"},"modified":"2017-11-23T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T14:56:15","slug":"facebook-expose-russian-fake-news-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=376896","title":{"rendered":"Facebook to expose Russian fake news pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Facebook plans to let people see if they had &#8220;liked&#8221; pages created by &#8220;foreign actors&#8221; to spread propaganda during the US presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The social network has previously said as many as 126 million Americans may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based agents over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>It is building a tool to let people see whether they had followed now-deleted pages made by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The tool will be launched in December.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet Research Agency was behind hundreds of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts and posted thousands of politically-charged messages.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the pages such as Heart Of Texas, Being Patriotic and Secured Borders were designed to look like they were created by US citizens.<span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img responsive-image__img--loading js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/411B\/production\/_98876661_09.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook tool\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span>In November 2016, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said it was a &#8220;pretty crazy idea&#8221; to suggest misinformation spread on the social network influenced the US presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the company has identified thousands of posts and paid advertisements placed by Russia-based operatives.<\/p>\n<p>It has been criticised for allowing propaganda and fake news to spread on its platform and taking too long to address the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has repeatedly denied allegations that it attempted to influence the last US presidential election, in which Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is important that people understand how foreign actors tried to sow division and mistrust using Facebook before and after the 2016 US election,&#8221;\u00a0Facebook said in a blog post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s why, as we have discovered information, we have continually come forward to share it publicly and have provided it to congressional investigators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s also why we&#8217;re building the tool we are announcing today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook plans to let people see if they had &#8220;liked&#8221; pages created by &#8220;foreign actors&#8221; to spread propaganda during the US presidential election. The social network has previously said as many as 126 million Americans may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based agents over the past two years. 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