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Jim Carrey says users should yank their Facebook accounts

08 of February 2018

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2017 file photo, actor Jim Carrey poses for photographers during the photo call of the film "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - The Story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton," at the 74th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy. Carrey, said on Twitter on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, that he’s dumping his Facebook stock and deleting his page because the social media giant profited from Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election via spreading false news with Russian origins, and says they’re still not doing enough to stop it. The 56-year-old Carrey encouraged other investors and users to do the same. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File),FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2017 file photo, actor Jim Carrey poses for photographers during the photo call of the film "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - The Story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton," at the 74th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy. Carrey, said on Twitter on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, that he’s dumping his Facebook stock and deleting his page because the social media giant profited from Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election via spreading false news with Russian origins, and says they’re still not doing enough to stop it. The 56-year-old Carrey encouraged other investors and users to do the same. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

Delete your account. That's what Jim Carrey says Facebook users should do, as the actor looks to pull the mask off fake news. The star of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "The Mask" said on Twitter on Tuesday that he's dumping his Facebook stock and deleting his page because the social media giant profited from Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election via spreading false news with Russian origins still not doing enough to stop it. He encouraged other users to do the same.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Delete your account.

That’s what Jim Carrey says Facebook users should do, as the actor looks to pull the mask off fake news.

The star of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and “The Mask” said on Twitter on Tuesday that he’s dumping his Facebook stock and deleting his page because the social media giant profited from Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election via spreading false news with Russian origins, and says the company is still not doing enough to stop it.

The 56-year-old Carrey encouraged other investors and users to do the same. He ended his tweet with the hashtag “unfriendfacebook.”

Facebook has not responded to Carrey’s tweet, but founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said stemming the flow of misinformation is among the company’s foremost goals.