PRISTINA (Kosovo), March 26 (SeeNews) – Facebook said on Tuesday it has removed 212 pages, groups and accounts in Facebook and Instagram for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in North Macedonia and Kosovo.
“The individuals behind this activity operated fake accounts to administer pages sharing general, non-country specific content like astrology, celebrities and beauty tips,” Facebook said in a press release.
Around $5,800 (5,128 euro) has been spent for ads on the removed pages and accounts.
“They also ran small number of pages purporting to represent political communities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States – and posted about religious and political topics like nationalism, Islam, and political figures,” the statement noted.
About 685,000 accounts followed one or more of these pages, the statement added.
Facebook is a U.S.-registered online social media and social networking service company which owns Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus VR.
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