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Facebook says Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to stoke border crisis

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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, says it has evidence the Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to pose as journalists and activists to stoke tensions about the crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland.

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    Facebook says Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to stoke border crisis (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, says it has evidence the Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to pose as journalists and activists to stoke tensions about the crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland.

  2. Al Jazeera

    Belarus set up fake accounts to inflame migrants: Facebook’s Meta (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Meta report says the Belarusian KGB set up dozens of fake accounts to stir up migrant crisis on the border with Poland.

  3. Washington Post

    Belarus KGB created fake accounts to criticize Poland during border crisis, says Facebook parent company (opens Washington Post)

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    The accounts, since removed, posted about Polish border guards allegedly violating migrants’ rights, Meta said.

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