Anti-Sikh fake accounts backed by China: Meta

China has been accused of hosting a cluster of fake Facebook and Instagram accounts which targeted the Sikh community across the world to propagate pro-Khalistan sentiments.

Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta in its 'Adversarial Threat Report' said that they removed 37 Facebook accounts, 13 pages, five groups and nine Instagram accounts for violating its policy against "coordinated inauthentic behaviour".

This network originated in China and targeted the global Sikh community, including in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, the UK, and Nigeria," Meta said in its Q1 2024 Adversarial Threat Report. Meta added that this activity included several clusters of fake accounts originating from China that targeted India and the Tibet region.