A network of social media accounts used Meta to promote a fictitious political advocacy group that attempted to recruit conservative candidates to run as independents — part of a rush of campaigns infiltrating the platform ahead of the 2024 election. Meta removed dozens of social media accounts and pages amplifying Patriots Run Project, a group that purported to be a national grassroots organization but that appeared to be run by a small U.S.-based group, the RT Group.
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