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Wall Street Journal / Deepa Seetharaman
/ Aug 2“Events promoted by fake accounts included a November 2017 march against cops in New York, a June 2017 birthday celebration in San Diego for a Chicano activist, and a June 2018 protest at ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C. The page for ‘Resisters,’ which described itself as ‘feminist activism against fascism,’ promoted more than 30 events across several U.S. cities and one in Rome. It also had events planned for the months ahead, including anti-fascism protests in mid-August and a New Year’s Day rally in Times Square called ‘A NYC Protest in Support of Rosenstein.'” —
Tags:
disinformation,
Facebook,
fake accounts,
Internet Research Agency,
misinformation,
Russian interference
