Facebook removed the pages — which collectively had hundreds of thousands of followers — after notification from researchers, Check Point said.

The Russian-linked actors are trying to spread fake tweets tied to Marco Rubio and UK government officials.

Judge William Alsup warned Facebook he would authorize a “bone-crushing” discovery process on behalf of affected users.

On Facebook, the suspicious activity involved reaching out to policymakers, reporters, academics, and dissidents.

The number is a sharp uptick compared to the 1.2 billion accounts removed between October and December.

It's not just nation-states, businesses are starting to get in on the disinformation game.