The transparency portal includes the number of fake accounts Facebook has taken action against. 'It is also possible that these are fake accounts that Facebook “[took] action on” before the accounts became “active,"' Greenspan claims. 'Yet the graph contains a disclaimer that the graph “doesn’t include attempts to create fake accounts that we blocked,” meaning that the accounts had to be active first.' Greenspan argues that the number of fake accounts is likely closer to '50 percent or more of Facebook's current MAUs.' 'This is unequivocally wrong and responsible reporting means reporting facts, even if it's about fake accounts,' a Facebook spokesperson told Dailymail.com.

Source: Daily Mail January 25, 2019 19:36 UTC