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Facebook suspends Philippines media company’s accounts for scamming

Facebook has banned Twinmark Media Enterprises, a Philippines digital marketing group, because it was using fake accounts, leading users to ad farms, and selling access to their Facebook pages to increase distribution. “This organization has repeatedly violated our misrepresentation and spam policies” states Facebook in a blog post. The suspensions comes just four months before Philippines is due for a national mid-term election. As a result of the Twinmark ban Facebook removed 220 Facebook Pages, 73 Facebook accounts, and 29 Instagram accounts. 43 million accounts followed at least one of these Facebook Pages. It lists some of the Facebook pages with the highest number of followers: Filipino Channel Online: 10.4 million Gorgeous Me: 5.7 million Unhappy: 4.9 million Text Message: 4.4 million TNP Media: 4.3 million Facebook clarified that it removed these accounts not for the type of content they were publishing but because they were violating Facebook’s policies. The company launched an investigation after Twinmark initially violated Facebook’s spam policy. According to Facebook, the media company was selling admin rights to its Facebook pages in order to increase distribution and profit. This triggered a deeper look at the Twinmark’s pages and accounts. Facebook said in its post: “We are continuously working to uncover this kind of abuse, and we know that the people behind it — whether economically or politically motivated — will continue to evolve their tactics. Today’s announcement is just one of the many steps we have taken to prevent bad actors from abusing our platform.” What the…

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