Meta has removed 10 million Facebook accounts in the first half of 2025 as part of an ongoing effort to combat impersonation and spam on the platform. The company said it plans to continue this purge ...

Deleting your Facebook doesn't require jumping through hoops, but you don't want to leave your data behind when you log out ...

The move is a major step up from only removing QAnon posts promoting violence. Facebook announced Tuesday it was removing any accounts "representing" QAnon across all of its platforms in a major, more ...

Facebook removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the company said Thursday. Nearly all of them were caught before they had a chance ...

What looks like a clean break is often a drawn-out data afterlife, with platforms retaining user information for months or ...

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Facebook has deleted about 10 million profiles since the start of the year. Forbes reports the social media platform confirmed it is cracking down on profiles that impersonate large content producers.

Facebook, being a platform used by billions, is flooded with all kinds of accounts. However, not all of them are genuine. Many are bots that often hijack comment sections, posting the same messages ...