The world's biggest social network said cyber group Saracen engaged in "coordinated abuse of the platform" by operating a network of hoax accounts that mislead online readers about who was behind them. Saracen gained infamy in Indonesia two years ago when police accused it of deliberately spreading untruths via social media. Some 800 Saracen-linked accounts, 207 pages, 546 groups and 208 Instagram accounts linked to the group have been yanked from the network, Gleicher said. The groups and accounts were shut down "based on their behaviour, not the content they were posting", Gleicher said. Facebook has moved to stamp out efforts by state actors and others to manipulate the social network using fraudulent accounts.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 01, 2019 06:45 UTC