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Facebook says took down 1.3 billion faux accounts in Oct-Dec

Facebook Inc mentioned on Monday it took down 1.3 billion faux accounts between October and December and that it had over 35,000 other people working on tackling incorrect information on its platform.
Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December and that it had over 35,000 people working on tackling misinformation on its platform.

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