Brazil Elections: Tens of Fake Accounts Removed by Facebook

San Francisco: Ahead of the second round of Brazil’s presidential election on October 28, Facebook has removed 68 Pages and 43 accounts associated with a Brazilian marketing group for using fake accounts and repeatedly posting spams. The marketing group, Raposo Fernandes Associados (RFA), is believed to be promoting far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

RFA used sensational political content to build an audience and drive traffic to other websites, earning money for every visitor to the sites, Facebook said on Monday. However, the social networking giant said that its decision to remove these Pages was based on the behaviour of these actors rather than on the type of content they were posting. (IANS)