Facebook says Israeli company used fake accounts to target African elections

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San Francisco Facebook has removed hundreds of fake Facebook and Instagram pages, groups, and accounts that it says were run by an Israeli firm that was targeting countries in Africa.

The Israeli company Archimedes Group spent more than $800,000 running Facebook ads and their accounts had almost 3 million followers, Facebook said in a blog post announcing the removals Thursday. Archimedes Group used fake accounts and"represented themselves as locals, including local news organizations, and published allegedly leaked information about politicians," Facebook said.

 

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Thanks God we don't have any politicians left in America criticizing Israel. Total obeidience is at hand.

FB targeted every election since its inception. FB lies to the people everyday.

National security?

All countries do it. CNN is fake news.

Israel can't even run their own. Never mind that of Africa.

They have been targeting American elections for decades through APAC. The issue is that whatever Israel does is seen as righteous, even violating human rights.

That was random. A deflection. Trust nothing from Facebook.

Israeli intelligence and counter intelligence is at least as good as any on the planet - and they are a malevolent force.

Of course they did, we as black people believe anything we see on Facebook especially if the source is another black person or site

So Israel is the new Russia? hmmm 🤔

They needn't have bothered. The real show happens offline with bullion vans and unemployed folk.

People who 'criticize' Israel right now

CNN is fake news

No it said elections in Africa, Europe and Latin America and lets be honest here for a moment... Do you actually believe that they didn't intervene in United States the country that is basically their biggest supporters and gives them billions of dollars each year

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The did that not knowing African countries will literally shut down the internet for any reason let alone Election interference 😂😂😂😂 dont Fůkk With us Israel

When he stops blocking conservative voices, then I might believe him. All this censorship will have a backlash

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So realDonaldTrump WhiteHouse jaredkushner What do you have top say about your dear friends NOW Oh wait in your world it does not count since it was against people of color

Well if Mark said it , then it has to be true. Because we know he would never lie...... Ask him for every way Facebook captures your very personal information. He want say..

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What about Bolsonaro in Brazil Any information Latin America meaning, please.

FAKE NEWS! I SUPPORT ISRAEL! YOU ANTISEMITES

So let me get this straight..... You don’t trust Facebook with your information and how they sent it to 3rd party users and possibly hacked it. But you trust them with this?

But it's Israel and we won't do anything about them lol

Israel interfered in US election too

When are you going to hold Acosta accountable for all his lies? You know he makes up his own stories and that discredits your organization.

What's your excuse for targeting conservatives in USA

Who is Face Book to say anything. Does Face Book, remember the Russians.

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