Facebook removes hundreds of political pages for 'inauthentic activity'

Facebook removes hundreds of political pages for 'inauthentic activity'

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/11/facebook-purge-page-removal-spam

Some accounts were fake or ad farms pretending to be forums for political debate, company says

With less than one month left before the midterm elections, Facebook has announced it has removed 559 politically oriented pages and 251 accounts for consistently breaking its rules against “spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior”.

Facebook removes hundreds of political pages for 'inauthentic activity'

Oct 11, 2018, 11:23pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/11/facebook-purge-page-removal-spam > Some accounts were fake or ad farms pretending to be forums for political debate, company says > With less than one month left before the midterm elections, Facebook has announced it has removed 559 politically oriented pages and 251 accounts for consistently breaking its rules against “spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior”.