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Feds, Facebook Join Forces to Prevent Mid-Term Election Fraud

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Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2018-11-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

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Federal agencies and social media companies coordinated to block and investigate suspected foreign influence operations ahead of U.S. midterm elections after Facebook removed roughly 30 Facebook and 85 Instagram accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior potentially linked to Russia; agencies warned of ongoing efforts to spread misinformation, urged using official election sources, and placed cyber units on alert to protect voting integrity.

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