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Did you fall for Russian propaganda? Facebook will show you

Published Thu, Nov 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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FACEBOOK on Wednesday said that it will help people see if they liked or followed posts considered part of a Russian effort to meddle with last year's US election.

A software tool to be released by the end of this year will allow users to see whether they engaged with Facebook pages or Instagram accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency between January 2015 and the August before last year's presidential election. The agency is seen as a Russian resource for spreading propaganda online.

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