Facebook sues over sales of fake accounts, likes and followers

This illustration file picture shows the US social media Facebook logo displayed on a tablet in Paris on February 17, 2019. (AFP)
Updated 02 March 2019
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Facebook sues over sales of fake accounts, likes and followers

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc. said on Friday that it filed a lawsuit along with Instagram in US federal court against four companies and three people based in the People’s Republic of China for promoting the sale of fake accounts, likes and followers.
In a blog post, the company said https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/03/sale-of-fake-accounts-likes-and-fol... the accused people and companies promoted the sales on both Facebook and Instagram as well as other online service providers including Amazon, Apple, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter.