Facebook said Friday it has taken down 82 more pages and accounts with ties to Iran that were posting politically charged memes.
A combined 1 million users followed at least one of the accounts, which were live on both Facebook and Instagram. The accounts formed Facebook groups and hosted Facebook events — consistent with the online activity of previously detected fake accounts.
The accounts spent less than $100 on two advertisements across the two platforms. The first ran in January 2016 and the second ran in January 2018, Facebook said.
It's the latest in a series of updates from Facebook on continued misinformation efforts taking place on the platform. The company previously identified Russia and Iran as the source of potential state-sponsored campaigns.
In August, Facebook — along with other social sites like Twitter and Google — said it had removed more than 600 pages and accounts it found to be engaging in what it called "inauthentic behavior."
Facebook is boosting its detection efforts and take-down rates in light of foreign efforts to stir up social debate around the 2016 presidential election and the upcoming midterm elections in November.
Here are some of the posts made by the most recently removed accounts, as provided by Facebook:
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