Facebook Filed a lawsuit against a New Zealand company for selling fake likes
Facebook filed a lawsuit against a New Zealand company from selling fake "likes," views and followers to Instagram users in US federal court.
Facebook requests US fedral court to bar them for further operations.
The company and three people targeted in the lawsuit operated a service to raise the profile of Instagram accounts by bolstering them with bogus followers, views and "likes," Facebook director of platform enforcement and litigation Jessica Romero said.
"By filing the lawsuit, we are sending a message that this kind of fraudulent activity is not tolerated on our services, and we will act to protect the integrity of our platform," Romero said.
Romero did not identify the company or the individuals names in the legal complaint, which accused them of using fake businesses a...