A figurine is seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Facebook Inc has removed a social media network in the Philippines for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”, and took the unusual step of linking it to a businessman who said he had managed the president’s online election campaign in 2016.
Facebook said its investigation found that the online activity was linked to a network organised by a former chief executive of Omnicom Media Group Philippines, who it identified as Nic Gabunada, and said it had removed 200 pages of groups and accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
