· Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc collectively removed hundreds of accounts tied to an alleged Iranian propaganda operation, while Facebook took down a second campaign it said was linked to Russia.
· Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the accounts identified on his company’s platform were part of two separate campaigns, the first from Iran with some ties to state-owned media, the second linked to sources that Washington has previously named as Russian military intelligence services.
· Both Iran and Russia rejected the accusations.
· Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow did not understand the basis for such statements and that they looked like carbon copies of previous allegations that Moscow has denied.
· Cybersecurity firm FireEye said the Iranian campaign used a network of fake news websites and fraudulent social media personas spread across platforms, to push narratives in line with Tehran’s interests.
Source : The Hindu