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Facebook removes more fake pages and accounts in major crackdown

Facebook has axed more than 2,000 fake accounts, pages and groups as part of a crackdown on spam and propaganda. Most of the accounts have been linked to Russia but others have ties to Iran, Macedonia and Kosovo. CBS News contributor and Wired senior writer Issie Lapowsky joins CBSN to explain the significance of the latest purge.
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