03 We removed 31 Facebook accounts, 25 Pages and two Instagram accounts for violating our policy against​ ​foreign interference​ which is​ ​coordinated inauthentic behavior​ on behalf of a foreign entity.​ This network was operated by individuals in Egypt, Turkey and Morocco and targeted ​Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, Somalia and Saudi Arabia​. The people behind this activity used fake accounts to comment on content and manage Pages pretending to be local to countries they targeted. Some of these accounts were automatically disabled for various violations including posting terrorism-related content. They posted primarily in Arabic about news and current events in countries they targeted including politics in Egypt, tensions in Libya and Somalia, supportive commentary about Qatar and Turkey and criticism of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the Egyptian government, Saudi and Emirati activity in Yemen, and Emirati actions in Tunisia. We found this network as part of our internal investigation into suspected coordinated inauthentic behavior in the region. Although the people behind this activity attempted to conceal their identities, our investigation found links to individuals associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. ● Presence on Facebook and Instagram: 3 ​ 1 Facebook accounts, 25 Pages and 2 accounts on Instagram. ● Followers: A ​ bout 1.57 million accounts followed one or more of these Pages and around 1,000 people followed one or more of these Instagram accounts. ● Advertising: L ​ ess than $219,000 in spending for ads on Facebook and Instagram paid for in Turkish lira, US dollars, Egyptian pound and Qatari rial. OCTOBER 2020 COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR REPORT