A pro-Iranian influence campaign created fake Facebook and Twitter accounts to push Tehran's viewpoint in the U.S. and succeeded in having a number of American newspapers publish their letters, according to new research published. Facebook, operating on a tip from the threat intelligence company FireEye who authored the research, announced that it had removed 51 accounts, 36 pages, and seven groups, as well as three Instagram accounts that it believed were part of the same campaign.
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