Facebook removed 30+ pages run from Macedonia, many of them popular from pro-Trump “news” during election; publishers assumed they were safe after buying ads
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @niemanlab , @buzzfeedben , @rkapkap , @davidmackau , @craigsilverman , @mattmittenthal , @miriamelder , and @jimwaterson Tweets: @niemanlab : The topics of killed pages ranged from US politics to horses, muscle cars, and snowmobiles (h/t @BuzzfeedNews) http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Ben Smith / @buzzfeedben : “A**holes like @CraigSilverman” blamed for screwing up booming “satire” business http://twitter.com/... Rene Kaplan / @rkapkap : “no one really ‘owns’ a Facebook page, in spite of how much money they might spend growing it.” http://www.buzzfeed.com/... via @CraigSilverman David Mack / @davidmackau : Devastating economic news out of Macedonia https://www.buzzfeed.com/... via @CraigSilverman Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman : Important update on fake news teens of Macedonia AND a story in which I get to quote someone calling me an a**hole: https://www.buzzfeed.com/... pic.twitter.com/VoQG1LuEhk Matt Mittenthal / @mattmittenthal : Macedonian fake news publisher with a very succinct explanation of what fake news is https://www.buzzfeed.com/... @CraigSilvermanpic.twitter.com/ DgMkFVjdkB Miriam Elder / @miriamelder : WELL. Macedonian Publishers Are Panicking After Facebook Killed Their US Political Pages https://www.buzzfeed.com/... by @CraigSilverman Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson : The Macedonian teenagers who brought the world fake news keep having their Facebook pages shut down. End of an era. https://www.buzzfeed.com/...