ISLAMABAD – Facebook has removed 712 accounts and 390 pages in India andPakistan because of inauthentic behavior and spamming.
The social media site said today that most of these pages and accounts werelinked to India’s main opposition Congress party.
In a tweet, the Congress party said none of its official pages, and thoserun by its verified volunteers, have been taken down.
Facebook said it also banned some accounts linked to an Indian companyassociated with a mobile app promoted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
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In Pakistan, Facebook removed 57 accounts, 24 pages, seven groups and 15Instagram accounts, also for inauthentic behavior.
