Facebook Removes Iran-Linked Accounts, Pages, Groups
Facebook removed 51 accounts, 36 pages, seven groups and three Instagram accounts linked to subversive Iranian groups, Cybersecurity Policy Head Nathaniel Gleicher announced Tuesday. The groups misrepresented their location in the U.S. and Europe and impersonated Middle Eastern news organizations.…
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They also “represented themselves as journalists or other personas and tried to contact policymakers, reporters, academics, Iranian dissidents and other public figures,” Gleicher said. Some authentic Instagram accounts posted some of their content.