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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons

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Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

The ads are a window into a blatantly illegal underground economy that Meta is not only failing to moderate, but is actively profiting from and injecting into users’ feeds.

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I don’t see a problem. Shroom time babey
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  Did you miss the part where the ads were offering things like stolen credit card info and unregistered firearms, too?

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