Facebook blocks more accounts potentially linked to foreign entity


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  • Wednesday, 07 Nov 2018

A Facebook panel is seen during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

Facebook Inc said on Nov 6 it blocked more accounts, in addition to the about 115 accounts it blocked over the weekend, in the run up to the US midterm elections that saw democrats capture US House majority.

The company said a website claiming to be associated with Russia-based Internet Research agency published a list of Instagram accounts they claimed to have created.

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