Facebook removed 51 accounts, 36 pages, seven groups and three Instagram accounts that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior originating in Iran.
Head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a Newsroom post that the individuals behind this activity conducted similar activities on other internet platforms and websites.
According to Gleicher, they pretended to be based in the U.S. and Europe and used fake accounts to run pages and groups, as well as impersonating legitimate news organizations in the Middle East.
They also misrepresented themselves as journalists or other people and attempted to contact policymakers, reporters, academics, Iranian dissidents and other public figures.
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