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    The Fake Facebook Pages Targeting Vietnam Veterans

    The pages are operated out of Eastern Europe and the social network took almost two months to shut one of them down.
    by Natasha Bertrand Apr 12, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Yuri Gripas / Reuters

    Earlier this week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised lawmakers that his platform would crack down on fake accounts and foreign influence. But at least two Facebook pages linked to websites operating out of Bulgaria are still targeting U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War, according to a letter obtained by The Atlantic that was sent to lawmakers by a nonprofit veteran’s organization.

    The U.S. military community is not a new or unusual target for foreign influence operations. found that three websites linked to Russia—Veteranstoday.com, Veteransnewsnow.com and Southfront.org—engaged

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