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Home / News / Politics News / Facebook removes 687 pages "linked" to Congress, party denies
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    Facebook removes 687 pages "linked" to Congress, party denies

    Shalini Ojha
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    Last updated on Apr 01, 2019, 05:19 pm
    Facebook removes 687 pages "linked" to Congress, party denies
  • Just before general elections, Facebook said on Monday that it has removed 687 pages and accounts linked to individuals related to social media cell of Congress.

    The tech giant said that "coordinated inauthentic behavior" led to action against these pages. It underlined these particular pages weren't spreading fake news but pushed spam messages.

    Meanwhile, Congress said none of its official pages were taken down.

  • In this article
    Facebook was jolted by Cambridge Analytica scandal last year Official said Facebook can't be used to "manipulate people" Gleicher explained the reason behind crackdown Posts which Facebook removed were critical of PM Modi We are waiting for a response from Facebook: Congress 103 pages linked to Pakistan military also came under scrutiny
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    Facebook was jolted by Cambridge Analytica scandal last year

    Facebook was jolted by Cambridge Analytica scandal last year
  • In the run-up for elections, Indian government warned the tech giants of strong action if their platform is used to influence the election in any manner.

    Last year, Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal came to fore wherein data of millions of users were harvested for political gains.

    It was alleged that targeted advertisements and posts helped Donald Trump win the 2016 Presidential elections.

  • Statement

    Official said Facebook can't be used to "manipulate people"

    Official said Facebook can't be used to "manipulate people"
  • Fresh out of a major controversy, it seems Facebook didn't want to take chances with elections in the largest democracy, hence took action against pages linked to Congress.

    Informing of the decision, Facebook Head of Cybersecurity Policy Nathaniel Gleicher said most of the pages had been detected and suspended by "automated systems".

    "We don't want our services to be used to manipulate people," he said.

  • Quote

    Gleicher explained the reason behind crackdown

  • "When we remove one of these networks, the reason we remove them is because of their coordinated inauthentic behavior, that they are using the network of fake accounts to conceal their identity... to mislead who's behind them. That's the basic reason for removal," Gleicher explained.

  • Posts

    Posts which Facebook removed were critical of PM Modi

    Posts which Facebook removed were critical of PM Modi
  • Gleicher added the page admins usually posted local news and views of candidates.

    Facebook shared details of two posts it removed. Both of them were critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and heaped praises on his main opponent Congress President Rahul Gandhi.

    Gleicher added the company reached out to Congress to "educate them" about the policies and answer their questions too.

  • Twitter Post

    We are waiting for a response from Facebook: Congress

  • This is to clarify no official pages run by INC have been taken down. Additionally, all pages run by our verified volunteers are also unaffected.

    In the mean time, we are awaiting a response from Facebook to provide us a list of all pages/accounts that they have taken down.

    — Congress (@INCIndia) April 1, 2019
  • Details

    103 pages linked to Pakistan military also came under scrutiny

    103 pages linked to Pakistan military also came under scrutiny
  • Facebook, which has over 300 million users in India, revealed that the pages and accounts that were removed spent nearly $39,000 on ads.

    The tech giant also removed 15 pages associated with individuals of an IT firm, Silver Touch.

    The company added that 103 pages, groups, and accounts, which were linked to the Inter-Service Public Relations department of the Pakistani military were also removed.

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