Facebook Creates a Clone Platform Filled with Bots to Combat Scammers

Facebook has introduced a new approach to fighting scammers. The company’s developers have launched a special version of the online platform and populated it with bots programmed to perform malicious actions. The idea is that by observing these bots, Facebook can identify vulnerabilities and loopholes before real cybercriminals do.

This new strategy will be tested on an alternative version of Facebook, codenamed “WW.” According to information shared on Facebook’s blog, “WW” will operate on an infrastructure identical to the original platform. This sets Facebook’s approach apart from standard simulation implementations.

Web-Enabled Simulation: A New Method

The Facebook web development team has created a special method called Web-Enabled Simulation (WES). This allows simulations to run on real, not just virtual, infrastructure. As a result, specialists can more accurately recreate user behavior on the social network.

In other words, “WW” will function as a parallel version of the real Facebook platform. It will include its own Messenger, user profiles, pages, friend requests-everything found on the main site, but exclusively for bots.

“The simulation is powered by tens of millions of lines of code capable of fully recreating Facebook’s infrastructure. This means the bots will use exactly the same tools available to regular users of the social network,” explains Mark Harman, a Facebook specialist.

By using this innovative system, Facebook aims to stay one step ahead of scammers and better protect its users from fraudulent activities.