Facebook pulls 652 fake accounts and pages meant to influence world politics

Firm announces removal of pages, groups, and accounts linked to Russia and Iran, citing ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ Facebook has removed 652 fake accounts and pages with ties to Russia and Iran attempting to exert political influence in the US, UK, Middle East and Latin America. The accounts and pages were divided between four separate campaigns, three of which originated in Iran, of “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”, disclosed by the social network today. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/21/facebook-pages-accounts-removed-russia-iran #Headlines by: Olivia Solon in San Francisco

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