Facebook’s ongoing battle against coordinated inauthentic behavior shifted to the Philippines, as 67 Facebook pages, 68 Facebook accounts, 40 Facebook groups and 25 Instagram accounts were removed this week.
Head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a Newsroom post that the pages, accounts and groups were linked to a network organized by Nic Gabunada, who served as social media manager during the 2016 campaign of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte.
He added that a combination of fake and authentic accounts was used to spread content across several pages and groups, posting about local and political news including the country’s upcoming elections, candidate updates and views, alleged misconduct by political opponents and controversial events that allegedly occurred during previous administrations.
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