02 We also removed 118 Pages, 389 Facebook accounts, 27 Groups, and 6 Instagram accounts that were involved in​ ​foreign interference​ which is coordinated inauthentic behavior​ on behalf of a foreign entity. This activity originated in Iran and focused on a wide range of countries globally including Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, the United States, United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe. The individuals behind this network relied on a combination of authentic and fake accounts — some of which had been previously detected and disabled by our automated systems — to post in Groups, manage Pages, and drive people to off-platform sites. These accounts typically had fake names common in the region they targeted. Some of these Pages merged with one another over time and posed as local NGOs and independent news entities located in the country they focused on. They sometimes repurposed Iranian state media content and posted primarily in Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, and English about geopolitical and local news relevant to each region including topics like the civil war in Syria, the Arab Spring protests, the tensions between Libya and Turkey, criticism of Saudi involvement in the Middle East and Africa, Al Qaeda’s actions in Africa, the Occupy movement in the US, criticism of US policies in the Middle East and the 2012 US elections. Although the people behind this activity attempted to conceal their identities and coordination, our investigation found links to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Corporation. We found this activity as part of our internal investigations into Iran-linked, suspected coordinated inauthentic behavior​, which exhibited some links to the networks we had removed in​ ​August 2018​,​ ​January 2019​, and​ ​March 2019​. ● Presence on Facebook and Instagram:​ 118 Pages, 389 Facebook accounts, 27 Groups, and 6 Instagram accounts APRIL 2020 COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR REPORT