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Facebook bans 'Saudi Arabia-linked propaganda accounts'
Source: BBC
Facebook bans 'Saudi Arabia-linked propaganda accounts'
1 August 2019
Facebook says it has discovered that people linked to the Saudi authorities have been using its platforms to spread propaganda through fake accounts.
It says the operation mainly targeted the Middle East and North Africa, and most of the content was in Arabic.
More than 350 accounts and pages have been removed. It is rare for the social media giant to publicly link such activities to a government.
Saudi Arabia has so far made no public comments on the issue.
In a statement, Facebook said it acted this week to tackle "co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour" on its platform and on Instagram, which the company owns.
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1 August 2019
Facebook says it has discovered that people linked to the Saudi authorities have been using its platforms to spread propaganda through fake accounts.
It says the operation mainly targeted the Middle East and North Africa, and most of the content was in Arabic.
More than 350 accounts and pages have been removed. It is rare for the social media giant to publicly link such activities to a government.
Saudi Arabia has so far made no public comments on the issue.
In a statement, Facebook said it acted this week to tackle "co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour" on its platform and on Instagram, which the company owns.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49197576