Facebook Takes Down Two More Networks Trying to Sway Election

Facebook Inc. took down two networks it says were trying to influence behavior around the U.S. election with fake accounts.

The largest effort announced on Tuesday involved two Facebook pages and 22 Instagram accounts, spreading memes pre-election, some of which were borrowed from past efforts by Russia’s Internet Research Agency. The network began began creating accounts in April and was operated by individuals -- some wittingly and some unwittingly -- from Mexico and Venezuela. The operators took steps to hide their identity, with some of them claiming to work for a Polish firm that doesn’t appear to exist, according to Facebook.