Facebook, Twitter remove thousands of accounts linked to Iran
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Facebook, Twitter remove thousands of accounts linked to Iran
Facebook and Twitter on Thursday announced that they have removed thousands of accounts associated with an Iranian disinformation campaign across their platforms.Facebook said it has removed 262 Iranian-linked pages, 356 accounts and three groups from Facebook and 162 accounts from Instagram.
"The Page administrators and account owners typically represented themselves as locals, often using fake accounts, and posted news stories on current events," Facebook said in a statement.
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