{"id":52806,"date":"2022-09-27T11:30:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52806"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T00:30:43","slug":"meta-disrupts-fake-account-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52806","title":{"rendered":"Meta disrupts fake account networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta said on Tuesday that it had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29192325.26111\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zNjYyNzg3LW1ldGEtc2F5cy1pdC1kaXNydXB0ZWQtbmV0d29yay1vZi1mYWtlLWFjY291bnRzLW9yaWdpbmF0aW5nLWZyb20tY2hpbmEtYWhlYWQtb2YtbWlkdGVybXMvP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBcc7d38c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" 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Meta.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another Chinese network that Meta disrupted was primarily producing anti-government content in the Czech Republic that criticized the country\u2019s support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta said on Tuesday that 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