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Facebook Fraud
Veritasium
Veritasium argues that Facebook's ad revenue relies partly on fake likes, after paying to promote his page and gaining tens of thousands of followers in developing countries who never engaged. He shares his experiment and cites other cases.
Frequently cited as the source for claims about click farms and fake likes in Facebook advertising, though some argue its methodology was flawed.
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