Facebook deletes millions of accounts in ‘heartbreaking’ purge

undefined 22, 2025

Source: independent

Facebook has deleted over 10 million accounts in 2025 to fight spam and boost original content, removing about 1 million accounts monthly. Meta says the purge targets unoriginal, spammy posts, but some users claim their real accounts were wrongly flagged, blaming flawed AI systems. The “Meta ban wave” has also affected Instagram. Users can appeal within 180 days. The move follows similar cleanups by other tech giants, and echoes past proposals from Mark Zuckerberg to reset the platform entirely.

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