Facebook shuts Russia-linked accounts

By Kelvin Chan
Updated January 18 2019 - 2:36am, first published 2:31am
Facebook has uncovered and removed hundreds of accounts and pages in a crackdown on fake news.
Facebook has uncovered and removed hundreds of accounts and pages in a crackdown on fake news.

Facebook says it has removed hundreds of Russia-linked pages, groups and accounts it says were part of two big disinformation operations, in its latest effort to fight fake news.

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