Facebook and Twitter claim to have taken out a network of accounts that are linked to Russian organisations attempting to influence the upcoming election by stoking racial tensions.
The network used a combination of fake accounts and manipulative tactics to grow their viewer base and spread a mix of information and disinformation in an attempt to create division in the lead up to the American presidential election later this year.
These activities have similarities to the tactics and even the language used by St Petersburg based organisation, The Internet Research Agency, who was one of the organisations believed to have been spreading disinformation in the lead up to the presidential election in 2016.