Facebook Closes 583 Million Fake Accounts

Facebook Inc. said it took down 583 million fake profiles in the first three months of the year, usually within minutes of their creation. The social network also scrubbed 837 million pieces of spam and acted on 2.5 million instances of hate speech, it said on Tuesday in its first-ever report on how effectively it’s enforcing community standards.Facebook came under intense scrutiny via IFTTT