We're sure that California City, California, is likely a lovely small town. However, it's also often chosen by Facebook scammers as the supposed location of their fake accounts.
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Screenshots of tweets from the billionaire stating that he is going to delete Twitter and Facebook are fakes.
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A Facebook post outlined several claims about the safety of some of the company's products.
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Poynter→ How to find out who is behind a political ad on Facebook
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