Facebook deletes accounts belonging to an Israeli company aimed at intervening in the elections of African countries

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Facebook announced that it had deleted hundreds of fake pages and accounts run by an Israeli company to intervene in African elections, including Tunisia.

A statement of the company, according to the network of Russia today that the company, "Archimedes" Israeli spent more than 800 thousand dollars on ads in "Facebook," and that its accounts were about 3 million followers.

The statement said that the owners of Archimedes "used false accounts, introduced themselves as local citizens and local media, and published what they claimed to be leaked information about politicians"He said.

In this context, he pointed out that the Israeli company "targeted primarily Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Angola, Niger and Tunisia, but also has some activities targeting Latin America and Southeast Asia"He said.

The network reported "CNN" It sought to obtain a comment from the Israeli company concerned, but its efforts have not been successful so far.

"Archimedes has established important roles in many political and public campaigns, including presidential elections and other social networking projects around the world," said Archimedes' website, which boasts that its teams have "played important roles in many political and public campaigns, Its kind within the field of social media, and continues"He said.