Facebook accused of censorship after hundreds of US political pages purged

The removal of 800 pages and accounts came as a shock to many on the left and right

On Thursday, Facebook announced it had removed more than 800 political pages and accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" and spamming.

This week, the people behind the pages Facebook purged for being inauthentic are angry. They feel they have been unfairly targeted for practices they say are common across the entire social network.