Facebook removed a network of 49 accounts, 69 pages and 85 Instagram accounts for engaging in foreign interference, or coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf of foreign actors.
The network was operated by local nationals—some wittingly and some unwittingly—in Ghana and Nigeria, on behalf of individuals in Russia, and its content was targeted toward the U.S.
Facebook head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a Newsroom post that the people behind the network used fake accounts—some of which had already been disabled by the social network’s automated systems—to manage pages posing as non-governmental organizations or personal blogs, and to post in groups.
Gleicher added that they frequently posted about U.S.
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