Facebook Deletes Accounts Purporting to Be From North Korea

Facebook, owner of the world's largest social-networking website, said it deleted two accounts that purported to be from North Korea.

"If a person poses as a person or entity that you don't officially represent, that becomes a violation of our policy," said Kumiko Hidaka, a Facebook spokeswoman. "Facebook is based on real people that are on there making connections and people are going to get the most value of the site if they're using real identities." The move comes as South Korea, which bans its citizens from communicating with the North, clamps down on Twitter accounts posting North Korean propaganda. This month, the South's unification ministry said pro-North Korean Twitter accounts may breach national security laws and the communications commission in Seoul decided to block access to such micro-blogging postings.