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The Facebook company is now Meta. Learn more. Back to Newsroom Meta Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia, Iran, Vietnam and Myanmar February 12, 2020 By Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy

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February 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour Report

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Disinformation
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Date Published: Feb 12, 2020

Abstract: We removed 13 Facebook accounts and 10 Pages for violating our policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior. This Myanmar-focused activity originated in Myanmar and Vietnam.

The individuals behind this network used fake accounts to manage Pages posing as independent telecom consumer news hubs. They also purported to be customers of some of the telecom providers in Myanmar posting critical commentary about those companies and their services. The Page admins and account owners typically shared content in English and Burmese about alleged business failures and planned market exit of some service providers in Myanmar, and their alleged fraudulent activity against their customers. Although the people behind this activity attempted to conceal their identities and coordination, our investigation found links to two telecom providers — Mytel in Myanmar and Viettel in Vietnam — and Gapit Communications, a PR firm in Vietnam.

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