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Facebook’s Content Removal Efforts Zeroed In on the Middle East

Pages, groups and accounts from the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were pulled

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By David Cohen

August 1, 2019

Facebook removed multiple pages, groups and accounts that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior from two operations in the Middle East—one originating in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, and the other in Saudi Arabia.

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David Cohen is editor of Adweek's Social Pro Daily.

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