Facebook Ejects 99 Russian Instagram Accounts For Suspicious Activity

The Facebook crackdown on accounts engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on its platform and on Instagram continues.

On November 5, Facebook blocked 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on Instagram. “We found a total of about 65,000 followers of at least one of the Facebook Pages, which contained posts almost exclusively in French. About 60 followers were located in the US,” said Facebook.

There was about $4,500 in ad spend from these Pages, and none of the ads ran in the US.

“Based on this tip off, we quickly identified a set of accounts that appeared to be engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior,” said the company.