Facebook Deals With More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior, This Time in Spain

65 accounts were removed, as were 35 Instagram accounts

Facebook removed 65 accounts, along with 35 Instagram accounts, that were part of a domestic-focused network in Spain that was involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior.

Head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a Newsroom post that the individuals behind this activity used fake accounts to comment on, amplify and spread their own content and posts by other accounts, adding that many of those fake accounts had already been disabled by the social network’s automated systems.

Post topics included local and national political news and issues such as elections, the Partido Popular Party and criticism of its political opponents.

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