Meta Platform has removed over 500 Facebook accounts that were linked to an online disinformation campaign network primarily based in China. According to a report by Meta, the accounts had promoted the claims of a fake Swiss biologist called “Wilson Edwards”, who claimed that the US was meddling in efforts to find the origins of COVID-19. Facebook said it had removed a total of 524 Facebook accounts, 20 pages, four groups and 86 Instagram accounts after reviewing public reports that centred around the fake Swiss biologist. The claims were widely carried by Chinese state media outlets like the Global Times…