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Asian Correspondent: Selling social media clicks becomes big business.

“Italian security researchers and bloggers Andrea Stroppa and Carla De Micheli estimated in 2013 that sales of fake Twitter followers have the potential to bring in $40 million to $360 million to date, and that fake Facebook activities bring in $200 million a year.” Pays to be fake.

01/06/14 • 02:40 PM • Internet • Law • Social Media • Travel • Weblogs • No Comments

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