Facebook removed 1,887 accounts, pages and groups tied to Russia, Iran, the U.S. and other countries in April that misled users about their identity and purpose, and some of these users shared posts about the coronavirus pandemic to attract more followers. "We have seen threat actors leverage the coronavirus pandemic and discussion about the coronavirus pandemic in the same way that we've seen threat actors leverage other types of major events around the world," said Nathaniel Gleicher, who heads cybersecurity policy at Facebook.
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