Facebook removing ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior from Russia’
The Facebook administration has removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on the popular social networking site and its photo-sharing application, Instagram.
The two operations were found to have originated in Russia, and one was thought active in a variety of countries while the other was reportedly specific to Ukraine.
In a statement on its official website, the company says theydidn’t find any links between these operations, but “used similar tactics by creating networks of accounts to mislead others about who they were and what they were doing.”
“We are constantly working to detect and stop this type of activity because we don’t want our services to be used to manipulate people. We’re taking down these Pages and accounts based on their behavior, not the content they post. In these cases, the people behind this activity coordinated with one another and used fake accounts to misrepresent themselves, and that was the basis for our action.
While we are making progress rooting out this abuse, as we’ve said before, it’s an ongoing challenge because the people responsible are determined and well funded. We constantly have to improve to stay ahead. That means building better technology, hiring more people and working more closely with law enforcement, security experts and other companies. Their collaboration was critical to these investigations,” reads the statements.
The company also promises to provide future updates in case of possible changes.