Facebook Says It Removed Influence Efforts From Iran, Russia
- State-directed actors tried to mislead on politics, elections
- Campaigns were directed at social network users across globe
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Facebook Inc. for the first time named a country other than Russia that has been using fake accounts to manipulate global politics: Iran.
The social network said it removed 652 pages, groups and accounts for “inauthentic behavior” that originated in Iran and targeted people with news and information including political content in the U.S., U.K., Middle East and Latin America. In addition, an undisclosed number of pages, groups and accounts linked to sources the U.S. government previously identified as Russian military intelligence services also were removed, the company said.