April 20, 2024
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Facebook issues new warnings on North Korean propaganda pages

Move come amid broader steps to counter misinformation, though some accounts targeted have ambiguous ties to Pyongyang

Facebook on Thursday began placing warning notes on pages, posts, and advertisements by a number of North Korea-linked organizations, as part of a broader push against state-sponsored disinformation on the influential social media platform.

Alongside prominent state-run media from Russia and China, outlets such as DPRK Today have begun to be labeled with information panels that state the content's country of origin and a warning that the "publisher is wholly or partially under the editorial control of a state."

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