. A large number of fake accounts linked to Russia have disappeared from Facebook. Why? According to the administrators of the social networking site, these accounts were used primarily to disinformation and conduct activities aimed at influencing African countries. We are talking here primarily about Cameroon, Mozambique, Sudan and Libya.
Facebook - Fake accounts have disappeared. What do we know?
What information was posted on the deleted accounts? Most of them concerned broadly understood politics - both local and international. Issues related to Russia's activities in African countries or those directly related to election monitoring were also discussed. There were also entries that openly criticized the policy of the US and France. Therefore, a decision was made to block and delete these accounts.
Fake Facebook accounts. What happened?Fake Facebook accounts in numbers?
How many such accounts have been deleted in total? According to the information provided by the head of Facebook's security policy, 35 accounts and 53 pages that were maintained by these accounts were deleted. In addition, 5 profiles on Instagram and seven groups created on Facebook have disappeared from the network. According to the latest information, one of the deleted pages has gathered nearly 470 thousand people around it. fans. As for Instagram, one of the accounts was followed by 650 users of the portal.
What type of accounts are we talking about?
Of course, each of the pages managed by the deleted accounts had an advertising campaign running, aimed at gathering as many people as possible around the page. So what is the advertising budget that has been allocated by the website managers? According to people associated with Facebook, we can talk about amounts of $ 77 thousand. The campaigns were launched in April 2018, and the last of them were active from October 2019.
What actions has Facebook taken?
Facebook - Fake accounts have disappeared. The actions taken by Mark Zuckerberg's associates show that Facebook does not tolerate any actions that are aimed at disinformation or any other effects that may prove to be harmful. The policy of the portal is very clear and transparent in this respect.
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