Facebook Removes 4 Networks for Violating Company Policies
July 08 2020 - 5:31PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
Facebook Inc. on Wednesday said four separate networks were
removed for violating the company's policies concerning "foreign
interference and coordinated inauthentic behavior."
The networks originated in Canada and Ecuador, Brazil, Ukraine,
and the U.S., the company said.
Facebook said when it investigates and removes such operations,
"We focus on behavior rather than content, no matter who's behind
them, what they post, or whether they're foreign or domestic." The
company said in each of these four cases, "the people behind this
activity coordinated with one another and used fake accounts as a
central part of their operations to mislead people about who they
are and what they are doing."
Most of the activity removed by Facebook focused on domestic
audiences in each country and was linked to people associated with
political campaigns and offices or with commercial entities, the
company said.
Facebook said it removed 41 accounts, 77 pages and 56 Instagram
accounts whose activity originated in Canada and Ecuador for
violating its policy against foreign interference.
The company also removed 35 accounts, 14 pages, one group and 38
Instagram accounts involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior in
Brazil. In Ukraine 72 accounts, 35 Pages, and 13 Instagram involved
in coordinated inauthentic behavior were removed. In the U.S.
Facebook removed 54 accounts, 50 Pages, and 4 Instagram accounts
involved in similar behavior, including ones linked to Roger Stone
and the banned Proud Boys group.
--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 08, 2020 17:16 ET (21:16 GMT)
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