These accounts, Facebook added, were linked to individuals working for ISPR - the publicity division of Pakistan’s military establishment, or the Inter-Services Public Relations The individuals from Pakistan’s military establishment, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher added, used fake accounts to operate “Military fan pages”, “general Pakistani interest Pages”, “Kashmir community pages”, and hobby and news pages. “They frequently posted about local and political news including topics like the Indian government, political leaders and military,” he said. These accounts and pages also spent around $39,000 for advertising on Facebook, paid for in Indian rupees. Among the pages taken down by Facebook includes “Jo Feku”, “Baba Brashtachari” (in Hindi), and a page called “Hum” (in Hindi)It wasn’t just the Congress that Facebook’s investigation cracked down on. The India Eye, a popular Facebook page, had a significant following of 2.6 million likes.

Source: Economic Times April 01, 2019 09:03 UTC