Facebook Has Shut Down 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts This Year

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Wed, 11/13/2019 - 2:46pm

So far this year, Facebook has shut down 5.4 billion fake accounts on its main platform, but millions likely remain, the social networking giant said Wednesday. That's compared to roughly 3.3 billion fake accounts removed in all of 2018.

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