Artists buying fake online Likes, views and followers - report

RHIAN JONES

Artists are reportedly buying thousands of fake YouTube views, Twitter followers and Facebook Likes to increase their popularity.

US based data monitoring company Next Big Sound says it has a list of artists who they believe are buying statistics, according to the BBC.

The company say that 10,000 YouTube views can be bought for as little as £30 and there is also a market for buying comments. The information is to be released later this year in a report.

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