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dirck-norman • today at 2:40 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

This article is bait.

The account was created only 1 week earlier and was flagged as a campaign impersonation account.

Whether that's honest and truthful, we can only know if Meta is transparent. But, not including that information shows what the article's intent is.

> "During campaign season, we pay particular attention to accounts that could be impersonating candidates or campaigns and misleading voters. The account in question was created only a week and a half ago, so our systems automatically and mistakenly assessed it to be impersonating the Nixon for Senate campaign. The account was restored on Tuesday evening after three hours."


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rchaud • today at 3:15 PM

This is the same site owner that allows Alberta pro-separatism pages to operate out of Kenya and India with impunity.

vrganj • today at 2:56 PM

After what Facebook tried pulling in Brazil, it is incredibly naive to think this was just another oopsie-daisy that once again, one that just so happens to impact the left, again.

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