[London / Washington, 21st Reuters]-US Facebook <FB.O> is politicized that several accounts such as Instagram, which were operated from Russia, are confronting US users ahead of the US presidential election next year Clarified that the message was sent. These messages seemed to be sent from users in the United States.
Facebook temporarily suspended these accounts on the 21st. In addition, the three networks operated from Iran were suspended.
According to Facebook, the Russian network has been recognized as “something related” to the Internet Research Agency (IRA). The US government has indicated that the Russian government has intervened in the 2016 US presidential election through the IRA.
`` These tactics were generally targeted at debates found in the United States and related to difficult political issues with disagreements, '' said Facebook's cyber security officer Nathaniel Glacier. . However, “I do not know exactly what was the purpose”.
According to Glacier, the network recognized to be associated with the IRA has gained 246,000 followers through 50 Instagram accounts and one Facebook account. About 60% of these were users in the United States.
He said that these accounts were confirmed at the earliest in January this year and pointed out that he may have focused on acquiring followers. “This is the first thing to do when starting work,” he said.