Facebook said on Wednesday that it has started weeding out bogus accounts by watching for suspicious behavior, such as repetitive posts or torrents of messages. The security improvement was described as being part of a broader effort to rid the leading social network of hoaxes, misinformation and fake news by making sure people are who they claim to be.
"We've found that when people represent themselves on Facebook the same way they do in real life, they act responsibly," Shabnam Shaik of the Facebook protect and care team said in a blog post.
"Fake accounts don't follow this pattern and are closely related to the creation and spread of spam." Accounts suspected of being bogus are suspended and holders are asked to verify identifies, which scammers typically don't do, according to the California-based social network.
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