Similar to what the Russians did when they promoted anti-Trump protests like the one that drew thousands in New York in November 2016.
Via Daily Caller:
Facebook announced Tuesday that it has removed 32 inauthentic Instagram and Facebook profiles and pages because the company believes they were part of a coordinated disinformation campaign.
“We’re still in the very early stages of our investigation and don’t have all the facts — including who may be behind this. But we are sharing what we know today given the connection between these bad actors and protests that are planned in Washington next week. We will update this post with more details when we have them, or if the facts we have change,” the company said in a statement.
Many of the named pages and accounts seem to espouse progressive or left-wing political messages. One page, “Resisters,” went as far as creating an event scheduled between August 10 and 12 called “No Unite the Right 2 — DC.”
About 2,600 Facebook users expressed interest in the event and more than 600 said they were attending, according to the company.