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Facebook reported fake numbers to advertisers

(news.yahoo.com)
618 points elorant | 1 comments | 19 Feb 21 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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FatalLogic ◴[19 Feb 21 15:12 UTC] No.26193998[source]▶
In addition to the obvious conflict of interest in relations with advertisers which is the focus of this story, this also implies it would be in Facebook's interests to go easy on fake accounts and tolerate their existence. That's troubling, and just in itself it appears contrary to their public facing policy
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1. mountainb ◴[19 Feb 21 15:18 UTC] No.26194060[source]▶
Inflating user metrics is positive for manipulating advertisers and for manipulating investors both. So far, the regulatory agencies have been willing to look the other way despite the potentially lucrative penalties it could extract from Facebook by policing this practice.