Facebook Removes Accounts of Fake-News Group in Indonesia
Social-media company cites ‘coordinated abuse of the platform’ in banning Saracen Group
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Facebook Inc. removed hundreds of accounts, groups and pages linked to an online syndicate that has been accused of spreading fake news and hate speech in Indonesia, less than three months before a presidential election in the world’s third-largest democracy.
Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a statement dated Thursday that the company had removed more than 1,500 Facebook accounts, groups and pages, as well as 208 Instagram accounts, that were linked to the Saracen Group,...