Facebook Sues Chinese Companies for Creating Fake Accounts

Indian Elections Big News on Social Media The upcoming Indian elections have b.....»»

The move comes amid growing concern about the spread of false information on social media......»»

Facebook's war against shady accounts isn't about to slow down. The social site has pulled 2,632 accounts, groups and accounts for conducting "coordinated inauthentic behavior" across Facebook and.....»»

Companies accused of abetting terrorism and violating human dignity. Th.....»»

An examination by The New York Times found 205 accounts impersonating Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg on Facebook and its photo-sharing site Instagram......»»

The U.K. government is studying the effects of fake news as ex-Cambridge Analytica staffer Brittany Kaiser teased fresh revelations......»»

For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, a review of the page and associated accounts and websites conducted by CNN shows......»»

For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, a review of the page and associated accounts and websites conducted by CNN shows......»»

Sarasota Herald-TribuneFacebook can't even control fake Mark Zuckerberg scam accountsSarasota Herald-TribuneSAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook notification on Gary Bernhardt's phone woke him up one night in November with incred.....»»

Facial-recognition technology, which Facebook has pitched as the fix to its fake account problem, is much less effective than the social media giant advertised......»»

The social network said it took down 865.8 million posts, the vast majority of which were spam, plus 583 million fake accounts in the first quarter......»»

A new rep.....»»

The company said it had taken down 865.8 million posts in the first quarter of 2018, the vast majority of them spam, and 583 million fake accounts. There were limited specifics on what was pulled......»»

Facebook revealed Tu.....»»

Facebook disabled 583 million fake accounts and millions of spam, sex and hate speech posts.....»»

Despite this, the group said fake profiles still make up 3-4 percent of all active accounts.....»»

That's more than a quarter of Facebook's 2.2 billion monthly active users......»»

Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting.....»»

Facebook is starting to recognize its “fake posts” problem. Here is Recode: Facebook disabled nearly 1.3 billion “fake” accounts over the past two quarters, many of them bots “with the intent of spreading spam or co.....»»

The temporary shutdown will let government researchers identity fake accounts and users who post inappropriate content and misinformation, an official said......»»