Security News > 2020 > May > Fake news Facebook accounts used coronavirus to attract followers
Most of the networks Facebook took down last month were still trying to grow their audience or had a large portion of phony engagement on their pages - engagement that came from the networks' own, fake accounts.
Last month, Facebook pulled down a total of 1,887 misleading accounts, pages and groups which it traced to eight networks.
The biggest network Facebook took down last month was one based in Georgia that's linked to a media firm called Espersona.
The platform removed 511 pages, 101 Facebook accounts, 122 groups, and 56 Instagram accounts linked to the network, which focused on domestic activity.
Facebook also removed a smaller network based in Georgia: one that consisted of 23 Facebook accounts, 80 pages, 41 groups, and 9 Instagram accounts.