Facebook removes 800 accounts and pages for political spam, disinformation
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Facebook removed today 559 Pages and 251 accounts that engaged in political spam and disinformation --or "inauthentic activity," as the company refers to this behavior.
The social network said spam is a regular problem on its platform. Bad actors create multiple accounts to post, vote, and promote their own content, which is usually a link to a third-party website.
Spammers abuse Facebook's system to make their spammy links look more authentic and rank higher in people's news feeds. Users who click these links land on a third-party website where the spam network operators load multiple ads to generate revenue in a scheme that Facebook described as an "ad farm."
