Security News > 2020 > March > Facebook Takedowns Reveal Sophistication of Russian Trolls
Facebook and Twitter revealed evidence Thursday suggesting that Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect.
Facebook said the network of accounts it removed was in the "Early stages" of building an audience.
Twitter said the accounts it removed tried to sow discord by emphasizing social issues such as race and civil rights without favoring any particular candidate or ideology.
The tactics the accounts used to avoid detection - and that Russia has essentially outsourced the work to countries in West Africa - shows that foreign interference remains a challenge for Facebook in the months leading to November.
The accounts Facebook took down focused on stoking racial divisions.