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May 24, 2019

Facebook removes over 3 billion fake accounts

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the company said Thursday.

Nearly all of them were caught before they had a chance to become “active” users of the social network.


 
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