Article 3Q8S8 Facebook closed 583m fake accounts in first three months of 2018

Facebook closed 583m fake accounts in first three months of 2018

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Alex Hern and Olivia Solon
from Technology | The Guardian on (#3Q8S8)

Firm's first quarterly moderation report also shows scale of spam, hate speech and violence

Facebook took moderation action against almost 1.5bn accounts and posts which violated its community standards in the first three months of 2018, the company has revealed.

In its first quarterly Community Standards Enforcement Report, Facebook said the overwhelming majority of moderation action was against spam posts and fake accounts: it took action on 837m pieces of spam, and shut down a further 583m fake accounts on the site in the three months. But Facebook also moderated 2.5m pieces of hate speech, 1.9m pieces of terrorist propaganda, 3.4m pieces of graphic violence and 21m pieces of content featuring adult nudity and sexual activity.

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