Facebook has removed 2 billion fake accounts in 2019

Facebook has a huge problem with fake accounts and fake news. This has been known for a long time, so we see how the social network introduces measures in this regard. Although it seems that the situation has worsened in 2019. Because so far this year, the social network has already eliminated 2, 000 million false accounts. A figure that makes it clear how huge this problem is.

Facebook has removed 2 billion fake accounts in 2019

Despite the measures taken, false accounts remain active today. It is estimated that 5% of all accounts on the social network are false.

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These fake accounts that are still active have managed to circumvent all the measures that the social network has available. Facebook has always bragged about its artificial intelligence and how efficient it is at detecting fake accounts, although we can see that there is still room for improvement. Also, just because it is so easy to open a fake account is not helpful.

The company has a new strategy in place in its fight against this type of account. What we don't know is how the results will be, due to the speed with which fraudulent accounts or fraudulent pages are created on the social network.

Therefore, the next few months will be crucial for Facebook. Especially after in less than six months they have eliminated this enormous number of accounts on the web. We will see if it is something temporary or these high figures are maintained in the coming months.

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