The social media giant is in the early stages of its investigation and does not currently know who is behind it, Facebook said in a press release on Tuesday. However, there is a link between these “bad actors” and protests planned for next week in Washington, it added.
Facebook has identified a coordinated political influence campaign ahead of the US midterm election, set to take place in November, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the campaign was carried out with the help of numerous inauthentic accounts.
The tech giant is expected to reveal its findings on Tuesday afternoon, the report added, citing its sources.
Earlier, the company stated in a press release that they had removed the accounts suspected of participation in the campaign.
“Today we removed 32 Pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram because they were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior,” the release said.
