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facebook takedowns show new russian activity targeted biden, praised trump. oh, well, that does seem like there s some intent there, then. quote, facebook on monday said it removed a network of russian-backed accounts that posed as locals, weighing in on political issues in swing states, praising president trump and attacking former vice president joe biden. the network bears the hallmark of the same kremlin-backed group that interfered in the 2016 election, by sewing social discord, boosting trump and attacking democratic candidate hillary clinton. the new disinformation campaign appears to follow the same playbook. this time, a coordinated group of russian accounts appears to show some links to the internet research agency, just like in 2016. this time, they took largely to instagram to post content this year about u.s. politics and memes targeting democratic presidential contenders. quote, the operation demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of the schisms within the democratic
campaigns it removed on monday included content that touched on conflict in the middle east, racial strife, and posts involving alexandria ocasio-cortez, a democratic congresswoman from new york. the posts crossed categories and ideological lines, seemingly with no specific intent. seemingly with no specific intent? why would they even bother then? if they have no intent behind these foreign influence things that they re doing online they have no intent behind them? maybe it s just a glitch in the system. maybe it s just ghosts in the machine. nothing to see here. actually, yes, it turns out, there is something to see here. here s a different take. facebook takedowns show new russian activity targeted biden, praised trump. oh, well, that does seem like there s some intent there, then. quote, facebook on monday said it removed a network of russian-backed accounts that posed as locals, weighing in on political issues in swing