'That we've been able to proactively identify them and take them down is somewhat of a signal that our systems are much more advanced now than they have been in the past,' the Facebook CEO said in an interview with NBC.
Kristin LamFacebook has shut down attempts from Russia and Iran to interfere in the 2020 elections, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview aired Monday night on NBC.
Facebook announced it removed four networks of accounts, pages and groups for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" earlier Monday. Three came from Iran and one from Russia, the company said in a blog post. The networks on both Facebook and Instagram allegedly misrepresented themselves and their actions, targeting the United States, North Africa and Latin America.
After heavy criticism from lawmakers for failing to detect and purge election meddling in 2016, Facebook has made safeguarding elections around the world one of its top priorities. The company this week released new plans to protect 2020 election integrity, including plans to create a tracker showing how much presidential candidates spend on ads.
Politicians have slammed the fact-checking policy in the wake of Facebook running a Trump campaign ad featuring claims, without evidence, about former Vice President Joe Biden's involvement with Ukraine.
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