It is claimed that Government Heads and political parties used fake facebook accounts to influence public opinion.

Sophie Zhang, a data scientist, said that Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts were used to undermine elections.

Sophie Zhang, a data scientist, said that Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts were used to undermine elections.A former data scientist accused the social media giant Facebook of ignoring considerable evidence that showed the platform was being misused and manipulated by fake accounts for influencing elections or political affairs in various countries including India, Ukraine, Ecuador, Spain, Brazil, and Bolivia.

In her 6,600-word internal memo accessed by Buzzfeed, Sophie Zhang has given examples of how the heads of government and political parties in various countries used fake accounts or misrepresented themselves to influence public opinion. Facebook responded that they would investigate each issue raised by Zhang carefully and said they have built specialized teams and working with leading experts to tackle the problem. Based on her memo and allegations, we mark this claim true.