Disinformation was in the news again this week. Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft said they removed accounts linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns.
And if you think it’s all about politics and rogue nations, think again. The real story is about a new enterprise business service that fights disinformation.
I’ll tell you all about that below. But first, the real news about the fake news.
Facebook said that 652 Facebook pages and groups run by the Iranian and Russian governments were deleted because they were found to be “misleading,” by which it meant that the pages and social profiles presented themselves as something other than what they really were.
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