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Facebook Fights Graphic Photo Spam

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Don’t expect to see any violent or sexually explicit Photoshopped images of Justin Bieber on Facebook any time soon. Facebook says it has eliminated most of the spam responsible for a flood of pornography and disturbing content that had flooded users' mini-feeds this week. Users were tricked into pasting malicious URLs into their browsers. While it’s still unknown who unleashed the virus, some think it may be an Anonymous-affiliated group that created a “Fawkers virus.”

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