12/22/21, 10:01 PM How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation | MIT Technology Review An example of a highly political article that was ultimately deleted from one of the cluster's five affiliated sites. Clickbait sites often scrub old articles from their pages. Political influence operations, meanwhile, might post celebrity and animal content to build out Facebook pages with large followings. They then also pivot to politics during sensitive political Subscribe 2 free stories remaining Sign in events, capitalizing on the huge audiences already at their disposal. https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/11/20/1039076/facebook-google-disinformation-clickbait/ 17/27