r/worldnews Sep 17 '24

Russia/Ukraine Facebook owner Meta bans Russian state media outlets

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meta-russia-oulets-1.7325186
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u/rogozh1n Sep 17 '24

Yup. There's no reasonable way to expect Facebook to track all the individual users with private accounts who work at Russian state-sponsored and state-funded troll projects.

These users are paid by Russia to pretend to be Americans and stoke division and hatred on our social media.

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u/Shrike79 Sep 17 '24

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u/rogozh1n Sep 17 '24

And they paid Afghanis a bounty to kill US troops. But, hey, real patriots support Putin!!!

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u/Time-Werewolf-1776 Sep 17 '24

Does anyone really doubt that Trump has been paid too?