Facebook Has Banned Billions <br />of Fake Accounts in 2019 A new report from the social media site says <br />2.19 billion were deleted in this year's first quarter. That's nearly a billion increase <br />from the last quarter of 2018 <br />when 1.2 billion were wiped. Business Insider reports there <br />are 2.38 billion monthly genuine users <br />on the platform who are active. In a blog post, Facebook's VP of Integrity, <br />Guy Rosen, detailed the company's efforts <br />in getting rid of bad content. Guy Rosen, via blog post Guy Rosen, via blog post Rosen adds that four million posts <br />were taken down due to hate speech. That's up from 3.3 million <br />in the previous quarter. Guy Rosen, via blog post