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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Meta Profits From Known Pro-Russian Disinfo Network: Researchers

Meta said it was 'the first tech company to uncover the campaign' by Doppelganger (Credit: AFP)

Social media giant Meta made hundreds of thousands of dollars last year from content posted by a well-known pro-Russian disinformation network, researchers have claimed.

Tens of thousands of Facebook users in France, Germany, Poland and Italy were targeted with cartoons mocking French politicians, messages hostile to European aid to Ukraine and other so-called sponsored content.

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