Facebook suspends disinformation network tied to staff of Brazil's Bolsonaro

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian Federal Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro stands near Senator Flavio Bolsonaro before a sanction ceremony of the new telecommunications Law at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Wednesday suspended a network of social media accounts it said were used to spread divisive political messages online by employees of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and two of his sons.

The company said that despite efforts to disguise who was behind the activity, it had found links to the staff of two Brazilian lawmakers, as well as the president and his sons, Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.