Facebook Removes Over 650 Pages Tied To Iran, Russia - Statement

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd August, 2018) Facebook removed more than 650 pages and accounts for inauthentic behavior that can be linked to Iran and other pages linked to Russia, the social media giant said in a statement.

"Weve 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," the release said on Tuesday. "Finally, weve 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. "