Facebook removed numerous accounts that were involved in anti-vax influencer campaigns

• Facebook has removed numerous accounts that were involved in anti-vax disinformation campaigns operated from Russia.

• The company says that the network of these accounts targeted the US, India and Latin America.

• They aimed to enroll influencers to spread false claims to undermine public confidence in particular Covid-19 vaccines, it added.

• In the latest report on "coordinated inauthentic behaviour", Facebook said that they found some links between the network and a botched disinformation campaign from influencer marketing agency called Fazze - which is the part of a Russian-based company called AdNow.