Facebook removes fake accounts from Thailand, Russia, Ukraine, Honduras


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 25 Jul 2019

A 3-D printed Facebook logo is seen in front of displayed binary code in this illustration picture, June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

BANGKOK: Facebook Inc said on July 25 it had erased over 1,800 accounts and pages from Thailand, Russia, Ukraine and Honduras, its latest move to counter deceptive political propaganda and other abuses of its service. 

Across the four countries, a total of 294 accounts, 1,509 pages and 32 groups were taken down for what the company calls “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. 

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