With less than two weeks before India goes to the polls, Facebook said it had removed more than 700 pages and accounts in India for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” including 687 linked to an IT cell of the Congress party. The Congress, however, said that none of the party’s verified Facebook accounts had been removed by the social media giant. "Will Facebook tell us has it not removed 15 pages of a company called the Silver Touch that developed the NaMo app? Have they not removed 321 pages linked to the BJP because of spamming? Separately, the social media giant said it removed 103 pages, groups and accounts for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behaviour on Facebook and Instagram as part of a network that originated in Pakistan.

Source: The Hindu April 01, 2019 09:33 UTC