Facebook to Remove Roger Stone Pages Linked to Fake Accounts
- Convicted lobbyist says company is trying to censor him
- Republican operative is due to go to prison on July 14
Roger Stone exits federal court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2020.
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Facebook Inc. said it will remove the accounts and brand pages for Roger Stone, a Republican operative who was convicted of lying to Congress during its investigation into Russian election interference.
The company said when it was investigating the Proud Boys, the far-right hate group that was banned by Facebook in 2018, it found a network of fake accounts posing as residents of Florida. The accounts posted about politics mostly between 2015 and 2017, promoting hacked material from Wikileaks, while also raising the profile of Stone’s books and media appearances.