Facebook removed hundreds of fake accounts that violated its rules, including 41 Instagram accounts. The social network alleged the accounts were created by Sputnik news agency in Russia. The two operations originated in Russia, but one was executed from Ukraine, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy says. Facebook’s latest cull indicates the depth to which bogus accounts have permeated the social network, he writes. The company has pledged to clean up its network with heavy investments in human reviewers and improved automated detection capabilities. But the latest findings show that Facebook faces a major challenge catching up to remove inauthentic groups that have been active on its services.”]
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