Facebook reported fake numbers to advertisers

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

I have a few fake accounts on FB, and my theory is that they allow them as long as the engagement is high, aka having tons of "friends" and likes/posts.

Why do you have fake accounts? Just curious. The only reason I’d want a fake account is because they don’t have developer accounts. I hate doing anything at a job that requires me to use my personal Facebook account.