Lok Sabha poll promises to be a profitable, but challenging for Facebook

The social network did not give much detail about the deleted 321 pages and accounts that were uncoordinated

On April 1, Facebook caused consternation across India’s electoral landscape when it removed a large number of pages with political content. Nathaniel Gleicher, head of cybersecurity policy at Facebook, announced that the social network had removed “687 Facebook pages and accounts engaged in coordinated inauthentic behaviour and linked to individuals associated with an IT Cell of the INC (Indian National Congress).” 

Gleicher also said, “We removed 15 Facebook pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behaviour linked to individuals associated with an Indian IT firm, Silver Touch.” Further, Facebook removed 321 pages and accounts that were uncoordinated. 

The Congress IT