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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 03 August 2018
BRAZIL: Facebook targets MBL over fake news
Facebook, the US-based social media giant, announced on 25 July that it was de-activating 196 pages and 87 accounts in Brazil that were part of a coordinated network that was misleading users and “sowing division and spreading misinformation”. The move came amid growing concern over the role of ‘fake news’ in the campaign running up to Brazil’s general elections in October.
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