While opinions on Facebook vary greatly, there is no doubt that the social network is getting to be a juggernaut when it comes to online advertising. That is why fake likes are such a big deal, as these push Facebook posts up to garner more visibility for “free.” Facebook no-likey! And it is not happening any more…but it really is.



The researchers found that this activity has now been turbocharged because scam artists found a loophole to exploit code Facebook uses to allow third-party applications such as iMovie and Spotify to access a user’s Facebook account, automating a process that formerly was manual and involved many fewer likes.

Facebook told USA TODAY that the security flaw that made it possible for these sites to exploit users’ accounts had been closed. However on Thursday, USA TODAY was able to join one of the networks and get 50 likes on a post to a newly-created Facebook page within one minute.

Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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