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Activist Linked To Removed Facebook Page 'Baffled' By Role In Purge

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The Facebook logo displayed in Hanover, Germany. (Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)
The Facebook logo displayed in Hanover, Germany. (Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)

Facebook announced this week it removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts or pages because they were believed to be part of a coordinated political influence campaign linked to Russia, ahead of November's midterm elections.

Brendan Orsinger, an administrator of one of those removed pages, says he didn't know anything about such a campaign.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Orsinger (@ToBeSelfEvident), a self-described anti-fascist and anti-racist activist who lives in Washington, D.C.

This segment aired on August 3, 2018.

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