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Facebook disables 1.3 billion fake accounts in October-December last year

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- Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December last year. The company also removed more than 12 million pieces of content about COVID-19 and vaccines that global health experts flagged as misinformation, it said in a blog post. (Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)

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Facebook disables 1.3 billion fake accounts in October-December last year

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

Facebook Says It Took Down 1.3 Billion Fake Accounts in October

Facebook said it also removed more than 12 million pieces of content about COVID-19 flagged as misinformation.

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Hindustan Times

Facebook says it disabled more than 1.3 billion fake accounts between Oct

Facebook said that it had built a global network of more than 80 independent fact-checkers, who review content in more than 60 languages.

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Facebook says took down 1.3 billion fake accounts in Oct

(Reuters) - 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.

3 years ago·Malaysia

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Washington Times

Facebook deleted more than 1.3 billion ‘fake’ accounts in 2020’s final months

Facebook said Monday that it deleted more than 1.3 billion “fake” accounts between October and December 2020 and has a staff of 35,000 employees focused on misinformation on its platforms.The tech giant’s decision to promote its response to misinformation online comes ahead of a House Energy and Commerce Committee ...

3 years ago·United States

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