Facebook Shuts Down Fake Russia-Linked Accounts

Facebook says it has shut down a network of fake accounts, including some linked to Russian military intelligence, reports CNN.

The accounts primarily targeted the Far East, countries neighboring Russia and Syria, Facebook said on Sept. 24.

The fake accounts frequently posted about the Syrian civil war, Turkish domestic politics, geopolitical issues in the Asia-Pacific region, NATO, the war in Ukraine and politics in the Baltic states, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and...