Meta acknowledges the existence of fake US accounts targeting countries like Russia, Syria and Iran

California (ST): Meta Company acknowledged the existence of fake accounts on its online platforms originating from the United States of America, which focused and targeted in its news and publications many countries, including Russia, Syria, Iran and Iraq.

In a report by the company published on its official website, Meta revealed information about fake networks from several countries that it removed during the past months, indicating that over the past five years, it has continued to publish its findings about coordinating false behavior, and other threats.

The company explained that in the United States of America, 39 Facebook accounts, 16 pages and two groups, and 26 Instagram accounts were removed for violating its policy on (coordinating false behavior).

The company said: This network of accounts originated in the United States, and targeted a number of countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Yemen, and was operated through many Internet services and platforms (Twitter), (YouTube), (Telegram), (in Konkti) and (Odnoklassniki), indicating that fake accounts were discovered on the mentioned platforms, and they were disabled pending an investigation into the matter.

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