Facebook has barred 115 accounts and 85 Instagram accounts that may have been engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior The social-media giant has been cracking down on misinformation and other political meddling efforts on its platforms. Facebook and other social media companies have spent the past two years since the 2016 elections grappling with how to combat political disinformation and other issues on their platforms. A recent research project tracking the biggest issues that Facebook is currently facing and found that the social media giant s interference challenges have grown since 2016.
Source: https://threatpost.com/u-s-elections-true-test-for-facebooks-disinformation-crackdown/138829/