Facebook said it had removed hundreds of pages and accounts linked to government and political organizations in India and Pakistan that misled users about their identities, in efforts to fight allegations that its platform is used to spread misinformation.
Facebook targeted accounts that were disguising their identities to spread political messages in India and Pakistan.
The crackdown targeted accounts that engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” Facebook’s term for networks of users who work together to disseminate messages while concealing who they are.
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