You can now check to see if you follow Russian propaganda on Facebook and Instagram
Last month, Facebook announced that it would create a tool for users to see if they follow pages and accounts that were linked to Russian-backed groups. That tool is now live, and you can see for yourself if any of the pages you liked were created by the Internet Research Agency.
You can find the tool in Facebook’s Help Center, and it will show you a list of the various pages that you follow that are linked to the Kremlin-backed group, as well as when you liked and followed it. You can also log in with your Instagram account. However, the tool won’t tell you if you shared or even saw content from the pages.
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