Advertisers Question Facebook After Removal of 1.3 Billion Fake Accounts

Facebook, which in 2019 paid advertisers a $40 million settlement over inflated video-viewing metrics and is fighting a lawsuit over its “reach” to users, is now taking flak over its revelation that it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts during just three months last year. “How much money was spent advertising to these fake accounts?” said Angelo Carusone, CEO of progressive watchdog group Media Matters for America.

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