How Facebook uses machine learning to detect fake accounts
In 2019, Facebook took down on average close to 2 billion fake accounts per quarter. Fraudsters use these fake accounts to spread spam, phishing links, or malware. It’s a lucrative business that can be devastating for any innocent users that it snares. Facebook is now releasing details about the machine-learning system it uses to tackle…
4 Mar 2020 ... Fraudsters use these fake accounts to spread spam, phishing links, or malware. It's a lucrative ... In 2019, Facebook took down on average close to 2 billion fake accounts per quarter. Fraudsters ... These are relatively straightforward to deal with—they just get converted to Pages. ... Pfizer is trying to find out.