By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-linked-facebook-accounts-removed-for-politically-charged-misinformation Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Iran-linked Facebook accounts removed for politically charged misinformation World Oct 26, 2018 1:36 PM EDT NEW YORK — Facebook says it has removed 82 pages, accounts and groups linked to Iran from its service and from Instagram for spreading misinformation. The company says the accounts were targeting U.S. and U.K. citizens and typically represented themselves to be American and in some cases British citizens, posting about politically charged topics such as race relations and opposition to President Donald Trump. Facebook said Friday that a manual review of the accounts linked them to Iran. Facebook has traditionally relied heavily on automated checks to detect misinformation and other bad behavior on its service. The company has already disclosed that it found and removed similar activity originating in Iran in August. The removals come less than two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Associated Press Associated Press
NEW YORK — Facebook says it has removed 82 pages, accounts and groups linked to Iran from its service and from Instagram for spreading misinformation. The company says the accounts were targeting U.S. and U.K. citizens and typically represented themselves to be American and in some cases British citizens, posting about politically charged topics such as race relations and opposition to President Donald Trump. Facebook said Friday that a manual review of the accounts linked them to Iran. Facebook has traditionally relied heavily on automated checks to detect misinformation and other bad behavior on its service. The company has already disclosed that it found and removed similar activity originating in Iran in August. The removals come less than two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now