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Facebook removed several accounts and pages originated in Russia for engaging in foreign interference, the company announced Wednesday.

“Today, we removed three networks of accounts, Pages and Groups for engaging in foreign interference — which is coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf of a foreign actor — on Facebook and Instagram. They originated in Russia and targeted Madagascar, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Sudan and Libya,” the tech giant said in a statement.

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