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Article snippet: Democrats are pointing the finger at Russia over Facebook’s new disclosure of a political influence campaign ahead of the midterm elections. The social media giant disclosed Tuesday that it had removed 32 pages and accounts on Facebook and Instagram linked to a coordinated political influence campaign, uncovered through its broader investigation into election interference triggered by Russian meddling in 2016. And while Facebook hasn’t been definitive in blaming Russian actors for the new campaign, Democrats aren’t being shy about attributing the effort to Moscow. House Intelligence Committee ranking member MORE (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that the disclosure “demonstrates what we've long feared: that malicious foreign actors bearing the hallmarks of previously identified Russian influence campaigns continue to abuse and weaponize social media platforms to influence the U.S. electorate.” Sen. MORE (D-Ore.) said the new efforts “appear to come from the exact same playbook” as the Russian operation in 2016. “Vladimir Putin is apparently determined to hijack Americans’ outrage against MORE and his administration for his own purposes: weakening America and ensuring that his corrupt dictatorship can act with impunity around the world,” he said. GOP lawmakers, including Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman MORE (N.C.), were hesitant to tie the operations directly to Russia, though Burr noted vaguely in a statement that “the Russians want a weak America.” Sen. MORE (R-Ne... Link to the full article to read more