Facebook reacts to pressure on propaganda

Facebook is launching an investigation into whether Russian propagandists coordinated a disinformation campaign around the 2016 Brexit vote.

In a letter dated Jan 17 to the head of a British parliamentary committee on digital affairs, Facebook's policy director Simon Milner wrote: "We are committed to making all reasonable efforts to establish whether or not there was coordinated activity similar to that which was found in the US."

Facebook plans to launch a "detailed analysis of historical data" which could take some weeks.

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