Facebook uncovered eight pages, 17 profiles, and seven Instagram accounts, identifying the first of them “about two weeks ago,” Nathaniel Gleicher, the company’s head of cybersecurity policy, outlined in a post. They were all removed following Facebook’s investigation. More than 290,000 users followed at least one of the pages, which were created between March 2017 and May 2018. The pages ran about 150 ads, which cost around $11,000, paid for in US and Canadian dollars.
The accounts created more than 9,500 organic posts, and the most popular pages were “Aztlan Warriors,” “Black Elevation,” “Mindful Being,” and “Resisters.” The company shared examples of posts from these accounts.
The pages created about 30 events. It’s not clear whether the events occurred in real life—most were scheduled for some time within the past year, and two were supposed to take place in the next few months. The company’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said on a call with reporters that Facebook was sharing results of the investigation today because one of the events was scheduled to happen next week. Users who said they were attending or interested the event would be informed about the developments, the company said.
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