Fake-Accounts

Investigation Finds 58% of Accounts Supporting Far-Right Portuguese Parties Were Fake

2025-03-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 5/10

Portugal election interference investigation by Cyabra found 58% of social media accounts supporting far-right parties were fake profiles. Discovery demonstrates global scale of social media manipulation in democratic elections, with coordinated bot networks amplifying extremist political messages. …

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Facebook Removes 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts in 2019, Exposing Massive Bot Network Infrastructure

2019-05-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Facebook removes a staggering 5.4 billion fake accounts during 2019, revealing that automated bot networks spreading misinformation and fake engagement vastly outnumber real users. The massive bot infrastructure demonstrates how Facebook’s platform design incentivizes coordinated inauthentic …

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