Facebook revealed late last month that it removed two unconnected networks of accounts, pages and groups for engaging in foreign and government interference—one originating in the country of Georgia, and the second in Vietnam and the U.S.
Head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher shared details on the two networks in a Newsroom post.
For the first network, which originated in the country of Georgia, 39 accounts, 344 pages, 13 groups and 22 Instagram accounts were removed.
Gleicher said the people behind the activity used fake accounts—some of which had previously been disabled by the social network’s automated systems—to increase engagement with content and manage pages, which posed as news organizations and impersonated political parties, public figures, activist groups and media entities.
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