Facebook to Identify State-Run Media

Facebook said it was taking additional steps to protect the integrity of the 2020 U.S. elections, including clearer identification of state-run media on its platform.

The social-media giant, which held a conference call Monday with reporters about election preparedness, also said it removed four networks of accounts—three of which originated in Iran—for inauthentic behavior.

The company said it took down dozens of Facebook accounts, pages and groups, as well as Instagram accounts targeting users in the U.S., North Africa and Latin America not for what was posted, but because the...