Facebook cites Russia, Iran as top sources of fake activity

(KYMA, KECY/ CNN) - Facebook is blaming foreign influences for much of the false information on its platform, citing campaigns of Russia, Iran and Myanmar as the top sources.

The social media site published a report Wednesday looking at the fake activity, finding that these campaigns primarily targeted people living in the US.

The report highlighted 26 such campaigns from 2017 to 2020, particularly during last year's Presidential election.

But not all of the fake activity on Facebook comes from other countries as the report noted the US was the fourth biggest source of misinformation.