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March 7, 2019

Ben Nimmo quoted in The Guardian on Facebook’s takedown of fake network in the United Kingdom

By Ben Nimmo

March 7, 2019

“According to Ben Nimmo of the Atlantic Council, an independent digital forensic research lab, the operation was apparently intended “to counter far-right representations of Muslims, LGBT communities and minorities in the UK”.

The pages shared content from mainstream news sources, such as the BBC and the New York Times, but also shared original content, even including administrators actively engaging in debate with users.”

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