Google terminated 57 customer accounts, primarily on YouTube, that were pushing misinformation at the behest of Iran’s official state broadcasting network, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday.
The news comes just days after Facebook announced the suspension of 650 pages, groups, and accounts linked to Iran for engaging in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” dating as far back as 2011. Twitter also previously said it removed 274 accounts that appeared to have ties to Iran.
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