Revealed: the overseas anti-abortion activists using Facebook to target Irish voters

The social media giant has disclosed that many sites targeting voters are managed outside IrelandFacebook users had an accidental glimpse of the international scope of campaigning in Ireland’s historic abortion referendum – set for 25 May – which has intensified concern about foreign influence on the vote.For a brief period last Friday, a new tool designed to boost transparency around elections enabled users to see the real-life location of people who were managing Facebook cam