Facebook has identified more suspicious behavior on its platform linked to an ongoing Iranian influence campaign, the company announced today. In total, Facebook’s security team removed a combined 82 pages, groups, and accounts that were masquerading as US and sometimes UK citizens and organizations. Facebook prohibits “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on the platform, and due to this behavior’s proximity to the US midterm elections, the company says it promptly banned all instances of the network it discovered.
The existence of an Iranian influence campaign designed to sow division and amplify tensions in the US was first revealed back in August, and Google has similarly found evidence of the operation spreading to YouTube. “Despite…
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This news first appeared on https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/26/18028630/facebook-iran-influence-campaign-removal-accounts-pages-groups under the title “Facebook removes Iran-linked accounts followed by more than 1 million people”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
