Facebook takes down vast Iran-led manipulation campaign

Facebook said Thursday it took down hundreds of "inauthentic" accounts from Iran that were part of a vast manipulation campaign operating in more than 20 countries.

The world's biggest social network said it removed 783 pages, groups and accounts "for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior tied to Iran."
"We're taking down these pages, groups and accounts based on their behaviour, not the content they post. In this case, the people behind this activity coordinated with one another and used fake accounts to misrepresent themselves, and that was the basis for our action."
"Although the people behind this activity attempted to conceal their identities, our manual review linked these accounts to Iran."