Data from the Facebook team show that close to 52,000 pages. Of them 60 are verified
pages.
"We're always focused on maintaining the integrity of our site, but we've placed an increased focus on abuse from fake accounts recently," a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed response.
The social networking site, which has around 93 million monthly active users in India alone, has built up a combination of automated and manual systems to block accounts used for fraudulent purposes and 'Likes'.
Company officials say action is being taken against sellers of fake clicks and are helping to shut them down.
It is suspected that many 'Likes' and 'followers' on these platforms are from fake account holders.
"We're always focused on maintaining the integrity of our site, but we've placed an increased focus on abuse from fake accounts recently," a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed response.
The social networking site, which has around 93 million monthly active users in India alone, has built up a combination of automated and manual systems to block accounts used for fraudulent purposes and 'Likes'.
Company officials say action is being taken against sellers of fake clicks and are helping to shut them down.
It is suspected that many 'Likes' and 'followers' on these platforms are from fake account holders.
