Facebook eradicates 915 malicious accounts and 606 fake accounts from Instagram

Facebook eradicates 915 malicious accounts and 606 fake accounts from Instagram: February, the social media giant – Facebook removed 915 malicious accounts from its main app and 606 fake accounts from Instagram. The accounts were involved in misleading users.

 

The social media platform has also removed 86 Pages and 21 Groups last month that are involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour on behalf of a foreign or government actor and domestic bad actors.

 

The company said that it has removed 446 Facebook accounts, 4 Pages, 3 Groups and 2 Instagram accounts that originated in Iran and targeted primarily Iraq, and to a lesser extent Israel, the UK, and Afghanistan.

 

"Our investigation found links to individuals in Tehran. We found this network after reviewing public reporting about a handful of its accounts focused on Israel. Our internal investigation uncovered the broader network," the company said in a statement.

 

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