False advertising promoted on Facebook

For those, like me, with too much time on their hands, or have been sick...or believe in time well-wasted, I've spent time hanging out with Friends on Facebook. Partly, I've noticed that Social Media has learned that we old farts are on FB and also tweet. For the most part, it is the young people who send out tweets. These folks, from my research, tend to be those who use it for...SOCIAL purposes. To hook up with friends, and not for any real purposes other than fun. Social Media has been stolen by marketing firms, however, and PR firms who bombard us with reasons to buy their products and advertise their services.

I'm looking at my Facebook account. I began to notice that many of my friends seemed to happen to 'like' sponsored ads. I've been collecting screen shots! I posted it to an album on Facebook, and my friends told me they have either not been playing a particular game for a year, or did not 'like' AmEx, as is posted!

 I have come to the conclusion that Facebook is producing false advertising. I know my friends aren't 'Liking' all of these pages. I understand stockholders need advertising revenue, this is what keeps Facebook free to me, but this seems criminal, indeed.
One friend wrote:
I have a facebook "friend" who died of cancer over a year ago. She is still "liking" things. Who knows what I am "liking". I read that fb is going to start with autorun videos sometime soon. That may be the cause of my departure from facebook. 
 
The article, partially quoted below, hit home for me. With strangers asking to 'friend' me. If you read the last paragraph, I find it ironic since I have noticed that Facebook presents fake 'likes', by advertisers. I've checked it out! My friends have NOT liked particular pages.

Facebook’s False Faces Undermine Its Credibility, By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Fakery is all over the Internet. Twitter, which allows pseudonyms, is rife with fake followers, and has been used to spread false rumors, as it was during Hurricane Sandy  False reviews are a constant problem on consumer Web sites. Facebook has sought to distinguish itself as a place for real identity on the Web.
As the company tells its users: “Facebook is a community where people use their real identities.” Fraudulent “likes” damage the trust of advertisers, who want clicks from real people they can sell to and whom Facebook now relies on to make money. Fakery also can ruin the credibility of search results for the social search engine that Facebook says it is building.