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With election season entering its last and most heated phase, social media giant Facebook seems keen to avoid a repeat of the 2016 scenario, when its platform was used to spread misinformation and alienate voters.

On Tuesday, Facebook revealed it took down two pages and 13 accounts linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) in what appears to be the first publicly disclosed attempt at Russian meddling ahead of the 2020 election.

The social media giant said it acted following a tip from the FBI and that the Russian campaign was “largely unsuccessful.” The accounts and pages linked to the IRA sought to direct traffic to a website called PeaceData.net, which presents itself as a left-wing “global news organization” but, according to social media analytics company Graphika, used computer-generated personas to pose as editors to recruit real writers for the site. PeaceData denied the allegations in a statement on its website.

The pages and accounts have since been shut down but Facebook says it expects “to see more attempts like this from threat actors globally.” Separately, the social media giant has also announced changes to its terms and conditions which will empower the platform to regulate the content shared by its users.

Starting from October 1, Facebook will remove or restrict access to any content that poses a legal or regulatory risk. Such moves will encourage activists who have called for the world’s largest social network to act on misinformation but puts it in the crosshairs of politicians around the world for what content will, and will not be policed.

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