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We removed 385 Facebook accounts, 6 Pages and 40 Instagram accounts for violating our
policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior. This network originated primarily in
Morocco and targeted domestic audiences.
The people behind this network used fake accounts — some of which had already been
detected and disabled by our automated systems — to post in multiple Groups at once to make
their content appear more popular than it was. They also frequently used these accounts to
comment on news and pro-government stories from various news outlets including ChoufTV.
The people behind this activity posted memes and other content primarily in Arabic and French
about news and current events in Morocco including praise for the government’s response to the
coronavirus pandemic, its diplomatic initiatives, Moroccan security forces, King Mohammed VI
and the director of the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance. They also frequently
posted criticism of King’s opposition, human rights organizations and dissidents.
We found this network after reviewing information about a small portion of this activity in the
region shared by Amnesty International.
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Presence on Facebook and Instagram: 385 Facebook accounts, 6 Pages, and 40
accounts on Instagram.
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Followers: A
bout 150,000 accounts followed one or more of these Pages and around
2,500 people followed one or more of these Instagram accounts.
FEBRUARY 2021 COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR REPORT