Expert: There are 80-100 thousand fake Facebook users

There are currently 80-100 thousand fake users of Facebook, information security expert Tigran Kocharian said at the meeting with journalists, adding that the total number of Facebook users in Armenia has reached approximately 400 thousand.

“The last presidential elections showed that political parties also use Facebook and are quite active there,” Tigran Kocharian said.
The expert said that Republican Party of Armenia and Heritage Party are active Faceboook users, followed by Prosperous Armenia Party and ARFD. In his words, Orinats Yerkir Party has also become active ahead of the May 5 elections to Yerevan Council of Elders.

According to T. Kocharian, our society is becoming increasingly digitalized.

“For example, about 15 thousand people attended the April 9 rally of Raffi Hovannisian. At the same time some 18 thousand watched the rally online. This proves that people today prefer watching and reading events and commenting on them to participating in those events,” Tigran Kocharian said, noting that a FB index should not be taken seriously.

“Facebook does not reflect opinions of the whole population of Armenia: there are villages whose residents never used Facebook”.