83 MILLION FACEBOOK USERS ARE FAKE!

The number of fake accounts on Facebook is
roughly the size of Egypt's population and
larger than most of the world's countries, the
company disclosed this week.
In a 10-Q filing, Facebook acknowledged that a total
of 8.7% -- or 83 million -- accounts on the network are
bogus. Of that 8.7%, 4.8% are duplicate accounts,
2.4% are user-misclassified accounts and 1.5% are
"undesirable" accounts, a.k.a. spam.
The figure is a bit higher than the company's
previous estimates. In a March filing, Facebook
claimed about 5% to 6% of its accounts -- or 40.3
million to 50.7 million -- were fake. The company also
says it bans at least 20,000 accounts daily and
estimates about 600,000 accounts per day are
compromised.
Taking the latest figures into account, Facebook's
latest claim of 955 million active users would be
downgraded to 872 million.







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