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Facebook Removes Another 559 Pages, 251 Accounts That Broke Rule

Facebook Removes Another 559 Pages, 251 Accounts That Broke Rule

Facebook Removes Another 559 Pages, 251 Accounts That Broke Rule
Privacy setting shortcuts are displayed on Apple Inc. iPhone 6 smartphone screen as a FaceBook Inc. logo is seen in this arranged photograph taken in London. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- Facebook says it is removing 559 pages and 251 accounts today that have consistently broken the platform’s rules against spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior.

  • Facebook says these networks today increasingly use sensational political content, regardless of its political slant, to generate clickbait, earning money for every visitor to the site.
    • Some were "ad farms" using Facebook to mislead people into thinking that they were forums for legitimate political debate.
  • Facebook says it is releasing details of such behavior given the timing ahead of the US midterm elections

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