engine - 4:12 pm on Sep 27, 2012 (gmt 0)

Facebook has begun deleting fake page "likes", independent data suggests.

The move follows the social network's admission that 8.7% of its users are not "real", many having been set up by spammers who use them to artificially make pages appear more popular.Report: Facebook Starts Assault On Fake 'Likes' [bbc.co.uk]