Facebook finds fakes

FACEBOOK says it has uncovered “sophisticated” efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to influence US politics on its platforms.

The company says it removed 32 accounts from Facebook and Instagram because they were involved in “co-ordinated” behaviour and appeared to be fake.

Facebook says it doesn’t know who is behind the efforts, but said there may be connections to Russia.

Facebook says more than 290,000 accounts followed at least one of the fake pages.