The Kremlin has accused Facebook of censorship after the social media site took down more than 200 pages and accounts that the Russia-based Internet Research Agency runs, NPR reported.
Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, was asked Thursday if Facebook had gone too far.
"Yes, it is (a manifestation of censorship towards Russian mass media)," state-run Russian news Tass reported.
The Internet Research Agency is a "troll factory" that is under indictment for interference in the 2016 U.S. election, NPR reported.
Facebook said the agency "has no place" on the social media site when it announced the takedown.
The site removed 70 Facebook accounts, 65 Instagram accounts, and 138 Facebook pages that were controlled by the agency, Facebook reported.
NPR's Lucian Kim reported that on Wednesday, Russia's Federal News Agency also reported that its pages had been taken down from Facebook and Instagram. That agency has been linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman who has been indicted by a federal grand jury for interfering in the 2016 election.
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