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

Facebook touts war on misinformation ahead of US hearing

Facebook on Monday highlighted a ramped up effort to block fake accounts in an ongoing battle against misinformation ahead of a key hearing in Congress scrutinizing online platforms.The leading online social network disabled more than 1.3 billion fake accounts in the final three months of last year along, according to Facebook vice president of integrity Guy Rosen."We have every motivation to keep misinformation off of our apps and we''e taken m…

Facebook Touts War On Misinformation Ahead Of US Hearing

Facebook on Monday highlighted a ramped up effort to block fake accounts in an ongoing battle against misinformation ahead of a key hearing in Congress scrutinizing online platforms. The leading online social network disabled more than 1.3 billion fake accounts in the final three months of last year along, according to Facebook vice president of integrity Guy Rosen. "We have every motivation to keep misinformation off of our apps and we''e taken…

Facebook removed 1.3 billion fake accounts in October-December 2020

Facebook has removed more than 1.3 billion fake accounts from its platform between October and December of 2020 in an effort to tackle misinformation, company's Vice-President of Integrity Guy Rosen said in a statement on Monday."We take a hard line against this [fake accounts] activity and block millions of fake accounts each day, most of them at the time of creation. Between October and December of 2020, we disabled more than 1.3 billion of th…

Facebook disabled 1.3B fake accounts over a three-month period

The social network details its efforts to fight misinformation ahead of a congressional hearing later this week.

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 ...

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.