Revealed: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib targeted in far-right fake news operation
by David Smith, Michael McGowan , Christopher Knaus a from Technology | The Guardian on (#4W4BJ)
Israeli-based group uses Facebook to spread disinformation to more than a million followers around the world, singling out Muslim US congresswomen
Two Muslim US congresswomen have been targeted by a vast international operation that exploits far-right pages on Facebook to inflame Islamophobia for profit, a Guardian investigation has found.
A mysterious Israeli-based group uses 21 Facebook pages to churn out more than a thousand coordinated fake news posts per week to more than a million followers around the world. It milks the traffic for revenue from digital advertising.
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