Facebook filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that New Zealand-based company Social Media Series and three individuals provided fake likes, views and followers to Instagram users.
Director of platform enforcement and litigation Jessica Romero said in a Newsroom post that the defendants allegedly used different companies and websites to sell those fake engagement services.
She added that Facebook suspended accounts that were associated with the defendants and warned them in writing that they were in violation of the social network’s terms of use, but the activity persisted.
The lawsuit asked the court to prevent the defendants from engaging and profiting in the sale of fake Instagram likes, views and followers, as well as from violating Facebook’s terms of use and community guidelines and from violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and other California laws.
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