A supporter of President Donald Trump waves a slogan while awaiting Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to speak during "Bernie's Back" rally at Queensbridge Park in the Queens Borough of New York City, U.S., October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yana Paskova
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A network of Instagram accounts operated from Russia has targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year's presidential election and posed as local people in U.S. states including Virginia and Florida, Facebook said.
Facebook FB.O said it had suspended the accounts on Monday, as well as three separate networks operated from Iran. The Russian network "showed some links" to Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA), Facebook said, an organisation Washington has said was used by Moscow to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election.
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