Facebook Has Banned Billions br of Fake Accounts in 2019 A new report from the social media site says br 2.19 billion were deleted in this year's first quarter. That's nearly a billion increase br from the last quarter of 2018 br when 1.2 billion were wiped. Business Insider reports there br are 2.38 billion monthly genuine users br on the platform who are active. In a blog post, Facebook's VP of Integrity, br Guy Rosen, detailed the company's efforts br in getting rid of bad content. Guy Rosen, via blog post Guy Rosen, via blog post Rosen adds that four million posts br were taken down due to hate speech. That's up from 3.3 million br in the previous quarter.