Facebook takes down 687 pages ‘linked’ to Congress; party says it’s untouched

Pages exhibited ‘spam-like, coordinated inauthentic behaviour’: social media major

Facebook has taken down 687 pages and accounts linked to individuals associated with an IT Cell of the Congress.

It has also removed 103 pages, groups and accounts on both Facebook and Instagram for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behaviour as part of a network which originated in Pakistan.

Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Cybersecurity Policy at Facebook, said these pages and accounts were taken down after they were found violating Facebook’s policies on coordinated inauthentic behaviour or spam.

The social media giant has also removed 15 Facebook pages linked to individuals associated with an Indian IT firm Silver Touch and another 321 Facebook pages and accounts in India that have broken rules against spam.