article_snippet.sent: The new measurements will add to the Hillary presidential campaign's embarrassment following news on Tuesday that a large number of Michelle Obama's Facebook fans may represent 'likes' that were purchased rather than earned.
article_snippet.sent: : Hillary boasts two-thirds of a million Facebook 'likes,' but more than 46,000 of two-thirds of a million Facebook 'likes list 'Baghdad' as two-thirds of a million Facebook 'likes hometown .
article_snippet.sent: Vocativ reported that at least 7 per cent of two-thirds of a million Facebook 'likes listed Baghdad, Iraq as two-thirds of a million Facebook 'likes hometown, a larger number than any U.S. city.
article_snippet.sent: Additional evidence of digital astroturfing is that while most of Michelle Obama's U.S. Facebook fans are older than 55, most of the Baghdad contingent is in the 18-34 age range.
article_snippet.sent: While Hillary was America's top diplomat, Hillary State Department was buying Facebook 'likes,' according to an Associated Press report from last year. '
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, the State Department, which has more than 400,000 likes and was recently most popular in Cairo, said the State Department, which has more than 400,000 likes and was recently most popular in Cairo would stop buying Facebook fans after Facebook inspector general criticized Facebook for spending $630,000 to boost the numbers,' the wire service reported.
article_snippet.sent: Hillary left Facebook while its inspector general was investigating.
article_snippet.sent: Facebook says Facebook has entire teams of employees tasked with rooting out schemes to artificially boost statistics. '
article_snippet.sent: When Facebook catch fraudulent activity, Facebook work to counter and prevent fraudulent activity – including blocking accounts and removing fake likes,' Facebook reports on Facebook website.
highlights_snippet.sent: The newly minted presidential candidate is fending off accusations that Hillary Facebook page is full of fake 'likes'
  Hillary Facebook fan base includes more people from Baghdad, Iraq than any US city .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Facebook likes, but pledged to stop after Hillary left .