One-Third Of Social Influencers Buy Fake Engagement Activity

  • by February 24, 2020


Almost a third of social influencers are purchasing fake engagement activity to fraudulently boost the metrics reported to advertisers, according to research from Sylo, a third-party verification and measurement platform for influencer marketing.

Engagement activity typically includes "likes," followers and comments, and can be purchased to inflate the metrics …


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