Facebook Removed 559 Pages and 251 Accounts For Breaking Rules

Facebook Removed 559 Pages and 251 Accounts For Breaking Rules Ahead of US Midterm Elections

Facebook removed accounts and pages for spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior. The pages and account are taken down involved in activities of driving fake traffic to the websites seem legitimate, but are actually ad farms.

“Most politically motivated activity we’ve seen, the “news” stories or opinions these accounts and Pages share are often indistinguishable from the legitimate political debate”, the company added.

“Topics like natural disasters or celebrity gossip have been popular ways to generate clickbait. But today, these networks increasingly use sensational political content – regardless of its political slant,” reads the Facebook blog post.