Security News > 2020 > March > Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers
India: Facebook removed a network of 37 Facebook accounts, 32 Pages, 11 Groups and 42 Instagram accounts whose activity originated in India and which focused on the Gulf region, US, UK and Canada.
Egypt: Facebook removed a network of 333 Facebook accounts, 195 Pages, 9 Groups and 1194 Instagram accounts.
The obscure digital marketing company is behind a network of fake Facebook accounts that praised Sudan's military days after the military massacred pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum, according to the Times.
Russia: Facebook removed a network of 78 Facebook accounts, 11 Pages, 29 Groups and four Instagram accounts.
Iran: Facebook booted a small network of 6 Facebook accounts and 5 Instagram accounts that originated in Iran and focused primarily on the US. Myanmar, Vietnam: It removed 13 Facebook accounts and 10 Pages operated from Myanmar and Vietnam that focused on Myanmar, and found links to two regional telecom providers.