臉書和推特刪除來自俄羅斯和伊朗的賬號
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter said they have removed hundreds of pages and accounts linked to Russia and Iran ahead of the midterm elections in the U.S.
Facebook said it had removed 254 Facebook pages and 116 Instagram accounts that originated in Iran and were part of a disinformation campaign that targeted countries around the world, including the U.S. and Britain.
The social media companies acted on a tip from cybersecurity firm FireEye, which said on Tuesday that the accounts were promoting Iranian propaganda, including discussion of "anti-Saudi, anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian themes."
The removals comes weeks after the company took down several pages of disinformation originating in Russia. On Tuesday, Facebook said it had found more such pages and had removed them. But the company said the Russian pages don't appear to be linked to the ones originating in Iran.
Also Tuesday, Twitter said it had identified and removed 284 accounts for "engaging in coordinated manipulation" that it said "appeared to have originated in Iran."
The announcements come after Microsoft said it had taken control of websites it said were trying to hack into conservative American think tanks and the U.S. Senate.
Microsoft said it executed a court order to gain control of six websites linked to the group behind the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee.社交媒體巨頭臉書和推特說，他們在美國中期選舉之前移除了數以百計與俄羅斯和伊朗有關聯的頁面和賬號。
臉書說，它移除了從伊朗註冊的254個臉書頁面和116個Instagram賬號。這些頁面和賬號曾參與針對包括英國和美國在內的很多國家發佈不實信息的活動。
這些社交媒體公司得到美國網絡安全公司“火眼”提供的信息後採取了行動。火眼公司星期二說，這些賬號宣傳伊朗的主張，包括有關“反沙特阿拉伯、反以色列和親巴勒斯坦”的討論。
臉書公司幾星期前移除了從俄羅斯註冊的若干含不實信息頁面。臉書星期二說，又發現並移除了更多類似頁面。不過臉書公司說，這些俄羅斯頁面看來與伊朗的頁面沒有聯繫。
推特公司星期二說，它確認並移除了“聯合散佈不實信息”的284個賬號，這些賬號“看來始於伊朗”。
微軟公司此前宣佈，微軟已經控制了一些試圖侵入美國一些保守派智囊和參議院的網站。
微軟公司說，它根據一項法院命令，控制了與2016年入侵美國民主黨全國委員會的組織有關的6個網站。
