Facebook published a blog post today explaining their decision to remove 610 accounts, 89 Facebook Pages, 156 Groups and 72 Instagram accounts that were linked to BL, a US-based media company that Facebook claims were "engaging in foreign and government interference."
Shortly after, Epoch Times published a statement claiming that Facebook has made a mistake assuming that Epoch Media Group is connected to BL. Epoch is specifically mentioned in Facebook's blog post: “Although the people behind this network attempted to conceal their identities and coordination, our investigation linked this activity to Epoch Media Group, a US-based media organization, and individuals in Vietnam working on its behalf.”
Epoch states that they have no connection to BL.
Epoch explained in their post that BL is a publication of Epoch Times Vietnam, and that they haven't been listed as part of Epoch Media Group since October of 2018.
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