"We’ve removed 652 pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic
behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people across multiple internet
services in the Middle East, Latin America, UK and US," Facebook said on
Tuesday.
In a separate move, Facebook also announced the removal of pages that, according
to the US government, might be linked to Russian intelligence, according to the
Sputnik.
"Finally, we’ve removed pages, groups and accounts that can be linked to sources
the US government has previously identified as Russian military intelligence
services. This is unrelated to the activities we found in Iran," the social
media giant said.
The social media platform Twitter also removed more than 280 accounts for
coordinated manipulation including a number that originated from Iran, according
to the company's statement.
"Working with our industry peers today, we have suspended 284 accounts from
Twitter for engaging in coordinated manipulation," the release said on Tuesday.
"Based on our existing analysis, it appears many of these accounts originated
from Iran."
Source: Tasnim