Facebook removed hundreds of fake accounts, pages

Facebook deleted 652 fake accounts and pages ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, the company announced in a blog post yesterday.

Officials say some of the removed accounts constituted "coordinated inauthentic behavior” originating in Iran and Russia.

“As I’ve said before, security is not something that you ever fully solve,” Zuckerberg said on a call with reporters Tuesday. “Our adversaries are sophisticated and well-funded but the shift we have made from reactive to proactive detection is a big change and is going to make Facebook safer over time.”

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