Among the most significant removals, Facebook said it took down 549 accounts and 138 pages linked to India’s Congress for “coordinated inauthentic behavior”. In Pakistan, Facebook removed 57 accounts, 24 pages, seven groups and 15 Instagram accounts, also for inauthentic behavior, as part of a network which originated in Pakistan and was linked to employees of a unit of the Pakistani military. Gleicher added that Facebook removed accounts based on their behavior, not the content, and the action followed an internal investigation in the region ahead of the upcoming elections in India. In Pakistan, Facebook said it removed pages and accounts on Facebook and Instagram that spread information about Pakistani politics, the Indian government and the Pakistani military. These Pakistani accounts, pages, groups and Instagram accounts removed from Facebook had more than 2.8 million followers.

Source: bd News24 April 01, 2019 12:11 UTC