Russia reportedly used Facebook events to organize anti-immigrant rallies in the US

Russian operatives using false identities created and shared political protest Facebook events during the lead up to the 2016 election, according to a Daily Beast report.

One of the events included an August 2016 anti-Muslim rally in Twin Peaks, Idaho.

The event was hosted by “SecuredBorders,” an anti-immigration group that was confirmed as a Russian front in March.

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The “SecuredBorders” Facebook page had 133,000 followers when Facebook shut it down last month.

Thirty-three people were interested in the Twin Peaks anti-Muslim rally, but only four people said that they went to the event.

This news comes after it was revealed that Russian ads bought on Facebook were aimed at sowing political division during the U.S. presidential election.

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia called the Russian Facebook ads the “tip of the iceberg.”