Facebook removes accounts linked to Pakistan that focused on India
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook removes accounts linked to Pakistan that focused on India

The Hindu  

Facebook has removed a network of accounts that originated in Pakistan and focused on both its domestic users and accounts in India. The social network took down 453 Facebook accounts, 103 Pages, 78 Groups and 107 Instagram accounts in August for violating the company’s policy against coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The Pakistan-linked accounts that Facebook removed relied on fake accounts to post content and manage fan Pages and Groups of Indian military. CIB in Russia and the US Facebook has also removed two networks of fake accounts, Pages and Groups connected to Russia and the US that targeted at people outside their countries. On network originating in the US, the social network has removed 55 accounts, 42 Pages and 36 Instagram accounts linked to US-based strategic communications firm CLS Strategies that focused primarily on Venezuela, Mexico and Bolivia.

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