Facebook Has Just Shut Down 583 Million Fake Accounts in First Quarter Of 2018

Till Facebook has been on the receiving end in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but what should be regarded in favor of the social media Giant is the sheer volume of accounts that take a mammoth effort to monitor. Given that and the in numerous third-party apps working and partnering with Facebook, there is bound to be some problems that of course is ultimately sorted out.

1Facebook just closed 583 million fake accounts

In the latest news that proves the platform is doing its bit in trying to weed out the scamsters, almost 583 million fake accounts were identified and shut down in the first quarter of 2018 alone. 

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2Facebook has implemented Artificial Intelligence for moderation

Yes! That figure is right. Using its new Artificial intelligence based software for moderation; Facebook has actually shut down all 583 million fake accounts across the globe as stated by the media giant. This also reveals how the social networking platform has been exploited and abused by scammers.

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3The network has revamped its moderation to identify malicious content

Facebook is continuously revamping its algorithms to identify malicious content used exclusively for spreading hate and promoting nefarious activities. Now Facebook is revealing for the first time ever how such content was being published on the platform. 

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4837 million spam posts removed

The action couldn’t have come at a better time when Facebook has been accused of manipulating elections and changing the course of criminal behavior. The network stated that between January and March almost 837 million pieces of spam content was removed. In a renewed effort of moderating its 1.5 billion accounts, Facebook found almost 583 million accounts were fake. In a cleanup, it removed all 583 million fake accounts. Facebook issues a community standards enforcement report every quarterly. 

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