Facebook has removed two networks of fake Facebook accounts tied to digital marketing firms that were disseminating various narratives about Gulf countries through both Facebook and Instagram, the company announced on Monday.
The Ministers of Finance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the State of Kuwait…
960 | the publication reaches you by | Bahrain NewsOne of the networks, based in Egypt, included 333 Facebook accounts, 195 pages, 9 groups and 1,194 Instagram accounts.
The network “repeatedly violated our inauthentic behaviour policy are now banned from Facebook”.
The second network, based in India, included 37 Facebook accounts, 32 pages, 11 groups and 42 Instagram accounts. It primarily focused on the Gulf, as well as the US, UK and Canada.
Despite efforts to hide their identity, the network was found to be linked to aRep Global, an India-based digital marketing firm.
In total, 467 Facebook accounts were removed for information operations in February, along with 1,245 Instagram accounts, 248 pages and 49 groups.
Other networks were discovered operating from Iran, Russia, Myanmar and Vietnam.
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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the seven Arab states which border the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This excludes the non-Arab state of Iran. All of these nations except Iraq are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
