Facebook has removed two networks based in Russia and one linked to the French military, accusing them of carrying out interference campaigns in Africa. Facebook added the networks targetted countries mainly in north Africa and some in the Middle East. It involved 84 Facebook accounts, six pages, nine groups and 14 Instagram accounts that violated policy against "coordinated inauthentic behaviour." Some of the posts, in French and Arabic, were about France's policies in Francophone Africa, claims of Russian interference in CAR elections, supportive comments about the French military and criticism of Russia. In disrupting the two Russian networks, the social network removed 274 Facebook accounts and 18 Instagram accounts, along with an array of groups and pages.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 16, 2020 02:03 UTC