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"Pose As Lawyers, Activists": How Chinese Accounts Spread Fake News In India
A recent report by Meta has highlighted the growing menace of fake Facebook accounts originating from China spreading fake news about India.
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Facebook Says Took Down 1.3 Billion Fake Accounts In October-December
Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December and that it had over 35,000 people working on tackling misinformation on its platform.
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Facebook Blocks Groups Spreading Pro-Trump Posts From Fake Accounts
Facebook on Friday said it took down a network of accounts using fake identities while spreading pro-Trump messages at the social network and Instagram.
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Facebook Removes 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts
Facebook on Wednesday said it has nixed 5.4 billion fake accounts already this year, in a sign of a persistent battle on social media against manipulation and disinformation.
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Removed Hundreds Of Accounts From Indonesia, UAE, Nigeria, Egypt: Facebook
Facebook Inc has announced it removed hundreds of pages, groups and accounts on its platforms for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" linked to three operations in Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Nigeria.
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Facebook Disabled 583 Million Fake Accounts, Sex And Hate Speech Posts
Facebook revealed Tuesday that it removed more than half a billion fake accounts and millions of pieces of violent or obscene content during the first three months of 2018, pledging more transparency while shielding its chief executive from new public questioning about the company's business practices.
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Over 200 Million Fake Or Duplicate Accounts Globally Says Facebook
As many as 200 million accounts on Facebook are either fake or duplicate as on end December 2017 and India is among the countries which have a high number of such accounts, the social networking site said.
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Facebook to Appeal Austrian Global Hate Speech Order
An Austrian court has ruled that Facebook must remove the posts against Greens leader Eva Glawischnig in Austria as well as other parts of the world.
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Facebook Must Delete 'Hate Postings', Austrian Court Rules
The case - brought by Austria's Green party over insults to its leader - has international ramifications as the court ruled the postings must be deleted across the platform and not just in Austria.
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Facebook Disrupts Suspected Spam Operation
Facebook on Friday said it disrupted an international fake account operation that was firing off inauthentic 'likes' and bogus comments to win friends it would then pound with spam.
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Shruti Haasan shocked by fake Facebook accounts
Shruti Haasan was taken aback to find out on her micro-blogging site about her Facebook account.
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Facebook making 'efforts' to weed out fake profiles
Social networking giant Facebook is making a "huge effort" to weed out fake profiles to prevent misuse.
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Fake accounts cloud Facebook's impressive growth
Experts believe fake accounts are a fact of life but could affect Facebook's bottom line.
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Facebook has over 83 million fake accounts
The company estimates that as many as 8.7 percent of its active users are fake.
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"Pose As Lawyers, Activists": How Chinese Accounts Spread Fake News In India
A recent report by Meta has highlighted the growing menace of fake Facebook accounts originating from China spreading fake news about India.
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Facebook Says Took Down 1.3 Billion Fake Accounts In October-December
Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December and that it had over 35,000 people working on tackling misinformation on its platform.
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Facebook Blocks Groups Spreading Pro-Trump Posts From Fake Accounts
Facebook on Friday said it took down a network of accounts using fake identities while spreading pro-Trump messages at the social network and Instagram.
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Facebook Removes 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts
Facebook on Wednesday said it has nixed 5.4 billion fake accounts already this year, in a sign of a persistent battle on social media against manipulation and disinformation.
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Removed Hundreds Of Accounts From Indonesia, UAE, Nigeria, Egypt: Facebook
Facebook Inc has announced it removed hundreds of pages, groups and accounts on its platforms for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" linked to three operations in Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Nigeria.
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Facebook Disabled 583 Million Fake Accounts, Sex And Hate Speech Posts
Facebook revealed Tuesday that it removed more than half a billion fake accounts and millions of pieces of violent or obscene content during the first three months of 2018, pledging more transparency while shielding its chief executive from new public questioning about the company's business practices.
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Over 200 Million Fake Or Duplicate Accounts Globally Says Facebook
As many as 200 million accounts on Facebook are either fake or duplicate as on end December 2017 and India is among the countries which have a high number of such accounts, the social networking site said.
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Facebook to Appeal Austrian Global Hate Speech Order
An Austrian court has ruled that Facebook must remove the posts against Greens leader Eva Glawischnig in Austria as well as other parts of the world.
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Facebook Must Delete 'Hate Postings', Austrian Court Rules
The case - brought by Austria's Green party over insults to its leader - has international ramifications as the court ruled the postings must be deleted across the platform and not just in Austria.
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Facebook Disrupts Suspected Spam Operation
Facebook on Friday said it disrupted an international fake account operation that was firing off inauthentic 'likes' and bogus comments to win friends it would then pound with spam.
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Shruti Haasan shocked by fake Facebook accounts
Shruti Haasan was taken aback to find out on her micro-blogging site about her Facebook account.
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Facebook making 'efforts' to weed out fake profiles
Social networking giant Facebook is making a "huge effort" to weed out fake profiles to prevent misuse.
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Fake accounts cloud Facebook's impressive growth
Experts believe fake accounts are a fact of life but could affect Facebook's bottom line.
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Facebook has over 83 million fake accounts
The company estimates that as many as 8.7 percent of its active users are fake.
