Facebook has taken down 652 pages, accounts and groups it identified as part of coordinated disinformation campaigns that originated in Iran and targeted countries around the world. Facebook (FB) said the coordinated campaigns originating in Iran included 254 Facebook pages and 116 Instagram accounts that amassed more than 1 million followers across the two services. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's attempts to identify fake pages, groups and accounts are making the social network safer. The announcements underscore just how aggressively foreign actors are still seeking to covertly influence political conversations in countries around the world. The first Liberty Front Press accounts Facebook found were created in 2013.

Source: CNN August 21, 2018 23:47 UTC