5 to 6 percent of Facebook accounts fakeMarch 8, 2012 - 16:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook says 5 to 6 percent of its 845 million monthly active users could be false or duplicate accounts, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Inside Facebook, this means the company estimates between 42 and 50 million accounts are illegitimate. In an updated filing for an initial public offering, Facebook says the estimate is based on a limited sample, of which it looked at names and behavior to determine authenticity. It did not reveal how many million accounts it has shut down upon discovering that they are fake or otherwise in violation of Facebook’s terms of service. As the social network mentioned a February filing, metrics could also be affected by some mobile applications that automatically contact Facebook servers even if users do not take any action. The company estimates less than 5 percent of its 483 million daily active users are the result of this type of automatic mobile activity. It says this issue has less of an effect on its monthly active user numbers. Facebook has typically been conservative in reporting how many users it has, focusing on daily and monthly actives rather than total members, which Google+ has tried to tout. It is important for Facebook to continue to develop ways to eliminate fake accounts and prevent them from affecting the experience of actual users. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |