During the first quarter, the social media company deleted nearly 837 million posts that were identified as spam, besides disabling nearly 583 million fake accounts. According to Facebook, around 3-4% of the active accounts were not genuine.
Around 21 million posts featuring adult nudity and sexual activity were flagged by the social media company during the quarter. Similarly, they also removed 86% of the posts that had graphic violence and 2.5 million hate speech posts. Facebook said it took off 1.9 million pieces of content that were related to terrorist groups including ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
According to social media giant, improved technology, and machine learning helped in increasing the amount of flagged content. The company added that it is investing heavily in advanced technology to make Facebook a safe networking site.