Facebook: fake account removal as of Q4 2023

In the fourth quarter of 2023, Facebook took action on 691 million fake accounts, down from 827 million in the previous quarter. A record figure of approximately 2.2 billion fake profiles were removed by the social media platform in the first quarter of 2019. Meta considers fake accounts to be those that are created with malicious intent, or created to represent a business, organization, or non-human entity.Facebook and inauthentic activityAs Facebook is the most used social media platform worldwide it is not surprising that the service is a target for inauthentic activity and potentially harmful content. Facebook's parent company, Meta, has regulations in place known as Facebook Community Standards that outline what is and is not permitted on the network. Spam content is an ongoing issue that the platform faces, with 1.4 million pieces of spam content being removed in the third quarter of 2022.Facebook’s ongoing popularityThe vast majority of internet users have awareness of Facebook as a brand. Almost all social media users in the United States are aware of Facebook, and three-quarters of U.S. social media users have a Facebook account. Furthermore, despite the idea that Facebook is most popular amongst older generations, its largest U.S. demographic can be found with users aged 25 to 34 years.

在2023年第四季度，Facebook对6.91亿个虚假账户采取了行动，较上一季度的8.27亿个有所下降。社交媒体平台在2019年第一季度删除了约22亿个虚假个人资料，创下了历史新高。Meta公司认为，虚假账户是指出于恶意意图创建的账户，或旨在代表企业、组织或非人类实体。作为全球最受欢迎的社交媒体平台，Facebook自然成为了不实活动和潜在有害内容的攻击目标。Facebook的母公司Meta制定了名为Facebook社区标准的规章制度，明确了网络上允许和不允许的行为。垃圾信息内容是该平台面临的一个持续问题，2022年第三季度共移除了140万件垃圾信息。Facebook的持续受欢迎程度体现在，绝大多数互联网用户对Facebook这一品牌有所了解。在美国，几乎所有社交媒体用户都知道Facebook，四分之三的美国社交媒体用户拥有Facebook账户。此外，尽管普遍认为Facebook在老年人中更为流行，但其最大的美国用户群体实际上集中在25至34岁的年龄段。