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by rfrec0n 786 days ago
When Facebook says "users" in claims like these, what they actually mean are accounts. This statistic includes all the multi accounts, fake accounts, spam accounts, and bot accounts. They have been getting sued over the past several years for charging advertisers when a bot or fake account engages with the advertised content.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/meta-platforms-must-face-adver...