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27Silver 20 hr ago +191

Opened Facebook yesterday, it was filled with AI slop of Mark Carney, crypto scam and shady betting ads. I deleted the app.

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AlyadaHatchet 20 hr ago +62

Can confirm. Whenever I go to FB to check on family stuff, I'm fed nonstop AI slop Jesus content. It's revolting.

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RPDRNick 19 hr ago +28

But if you don't check it every day, you'll get an alert that someone who you barely know and haven't seen in twelve years just "updated their story" or whatever the f***.

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dog_of_society 17 hr ago +4

I have a Facebook account because my job uses Messenger. Never check it otherwise. Fine, whatever. I still get email spam reminding me I have "one new notification" that I've probably had for months at this point.

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ArchmageXin 9 hr ago +1

I logged in once there was a doom video about a conflict about US and China. Except the AI couldn't even get the damn flags right. The Chinese flag apparently stole Taiwan's white sun and America's strips, half of America's flag got painted red and is rocking China's 5 stars. And Taiwan is now rocking all 50 American stars ...on the bottom right corner instead of upper left. They could at least take 5 minutes to doom prompt properly.

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Foxhack 18 hr ago +6

Youtube (on my TV) is pretty much the same. But Youtube doesn't have a way to block these ads anymore. Before I could just tell it to never show me that trash again, but they took that option out!

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GavrielLoken- 18 hr ago +6

If you have the knowhow/control over your router, I would strongly suggest setting up piHole or something similar. It's an adblock at a network level that you can control, makes smart-tvs a little more bearable

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Foxhack 17 hr ago +2

Thanks, I looked into it a while back, and found out my ISP's routers block pihole. They're locked down tight. :\

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axonxorz 14 hr ago +1

You can't pick DNS servers for the local LAN DHCP server?

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Foxhack 8 hr ago +2

I have no idea what any of those words mean. :(

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alwayswatchyoursix 6 hr ago +2

Youtube is the toxic member in my family. My dad watches "the news" on it. Holy hell some of the propaganda on there is unbelievable.

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Area51_Spurs 19 hr ago +20

Unfortunately for a lot of people, we’re still on the platform because of groups we’re in and when you try to move to a new platform 90%+++ won’t or are older and can’t figure anything else out. I’m in some FB groups that tried to move to Discord and it completely stalls out. A lot of these people are Gen X, who honestly don’t get as much shit as they need to for being, for the most part, just as absolutely useless with technology.

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AlbertaNorth1 11 hr ago +2

I get illegal drug ads, p*** and hookers. Not complaining but it’s pretty weird.

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AdCreepy5165 19 hr ago +3

I wish I could. It comes integrated into some android phones now.

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Antistis 19 hr ago +20

Disable the app, remove all permissions.

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lII1lIIl1IIll1Il11l 12 hr ago +1

I don't know people still use it when it turns out Meta had the camera on and was recording when people were using it while on the toilet. For those unaware, google mark zuckerberg wants to watch you poop

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ArchitectofExperienc 18 hr ago +151

F*cking Finally This report got buried last November, but there were some leaked internal Meta documents that revealed some absolutely mind-boggling stats about their ad systems. **Source:** https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/ - 10% of Meta’s total revenue in 2024 came from ads that were identified by Meta as being fraudulent, or linked to scams. *(Appx $16 Billion)* - A May 2025 presentation by its safety staff estimated that the company’s platforms were involved in **a third of all successful scams in the U.S.** - In Britain, a regulator last year said it found that Meta’s products were involved in 54% of all payments-related scam losses in 2023, more than double all other social platforms combined. - Meta also was ignoring the vast majority of user reports of scams, a document from 2023 indicates. By that year, safety staffers estimated that Facebook and Instagram users each week were filing about 100,000 valid reports of fraudsters messaging them, the document says. But Meta ignored or incorrectly rejected 96% of them.

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KamikazeArchon 18 hr ago +19

The first and last points are relevant. The middle two are not, at least without additional context. For example, if there's one ISP in a nation, it will be involved in 100% of all Internet scams in that nation. That doesn't indicate a problem with its protections, just the nature of being the sole platform. The "third" and "54%" stats mean nothing without context of reach. If Facebook is 10% of social media but 54% of scams, it's got a scam problem. If it's 90% of social media but 54% of scams, then it's actually the safest.

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ArchitectofExperienc 17 hr ago +20

For what its worth, the UK has appx 40% of their population on facebook and between 50-60% on Instagram. In the US, 65-70% use facebook, and between 50-60% use IG. There is some fairly large variation in their numbers, due to some different numbers in Meta's reported stats and the inclusion of duplicate and bot accounts. Part of the issue is that Meta has already identified the accounts and ad suite users who are most likely committing some kind of money-based fraud, and all Meta did was charge them more. This is probably what the case will focus on: Meta chose to profit from the people using their platform for fraud.

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peritonlogon 15 hr ago +7

That's only if every scam came from social media. And even if social media was responsible for 100% of scams, Meta was 90% of social media, but only 54% of scams, they should still be held responsible for enabling 54% of scams. Just because your industry is a cesspool doesn't mean the cleanest cesspool isn't shit filled.

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Area51_Spurs 19 hr ago +260

In any other industry you hire people to handle the advertising buys on your platform. Whether a radio station or tv station or a venue. And if you have more ad time than your current number of employees you hire more. This used to be handled by people who did it as a job. Same gist as moderating platforms. You hire people and pay them a good wage and they do the job. You have too many ad buys or too much moderation needed? You hire more people. But big tech has made it not just acceptable, but standard business practice to either automate everything or outsource it to people making a buck or two an hour in Mumbai. Then they act like the company is not responsible for the things it does. We really need to hit these companies hard enough they’re forced to hire people to do the jobs that should exist.

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colemon1991 18 hr ago +63

Drives me up a wall when a company, that you pay to do a service, refuses to accept blame for mistakes but wants credit for the success. "Oh we're not using slave labor, it's the contractor we hired." That means you're using slave labor with an extra step!

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TheGlassHammer 18 hr ago +19

Right it’s your due diligence to make sure the people you are working with aren’t committing crimes against humanity. Like that should be the bear minimum

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colemon1991 17 hr ago +9

And the lack of supervision after getting caught. It's so easy to just change a name and keep everyone involved and contract them again. That's how the copper sock company stays around: changing its name constantly.

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SoSKatan 18 hr ago +24

Good news! they will soon be able to outsource this all to AI. /s

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roxas_leonhart 14 hr ago +6

Maybe I should start a company called Mumb.ai

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lookatthesunguys 15 hr ago +6

Yeah, but there used to be direct business consequences for that type of thing. People would avoid websites with a lot of ads. Particularly websites with a lot of scam ads. Part of the reason streaming services grew to prominence was because the websites where you could get that stuff for free (piracy websites) were full of scam ads and the interface was designed in such a way that you might believe those ads were real things. Again, to reiterate, a whole industry grew out of the desire to avoid those websites. The ads didn't even interrupt the videos. They were just so generally annoying that people were willing to spend $7 a month not to deal with them. Now though, these tech titans have taken over and there's no where to turn really. If you like the people you know on Facebook, you can't really get them all to switch to some new thing. There needs to be antitrust action. The fact that people tolerate this type of bullshit is Exhibit A of why these companies need to be broken up.

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Deceptiveideas 14 hr ago +3

This happened to a friend at a neighboring apartment complex. The apartment partnered with a cleaning company to offer services at discounted rates. They handed out flyers and put up ads. My friend hired them, and the cleaning company made a big mistake. They left the trash in a random hallway because they didn't know where the trash room was (despite saying they did) instead of the garbage room. The apartment complex charged my friend $75 per item, leading to a $300 charge. The apartment initially tried to waive the fee due to the partnership, but then backed out of it. My friend is now trying to talk to both the apartment management and cleaning company to find a resolution.

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Landkval 14 hr ago +1

If all the other companies could, they also would. Dont be silly dude, its just that automation in blue collar work is much more expensive.

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Historical_Lab8619 19 hr ago +49

Meta doesn't care how many times you flag scams. The scammers pay Meta for ad space, so they will continue to have free reign....

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PepperMill_NA 18 hr ago +18

Yeah, that's essentially what the article is reporting. In addition Meta actively helped the scammers.

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inraiolawetrust 18 hr ago +18

I’ve noticed a ton of scam ads on YouTube too. Like who tf approves that shit ? Clearly using AI and clearly a scam

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008Zulu 16 hr ago +10

Scammer: I want to run this ad on your service. Company: Is it a scam? Scammer: I will pay you in non-sequential bills. Company: Let's get your ad out there!

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specialvillain 15 hr ago +1

Also could just be Google Pmax doing it's thing. It does kind of wacky shit sometimes based on brand assets you give it.

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Numerous_Photograph9 20 hr ago +24

Are these the one's where someone hacks people's accounts, serves inappropriate ads, and Facebook just bans their accounts through their non-human "appeals process"?

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rockmasterflex 17 hr ago +4

Meanwhile ifyou have legitimate ads to run you have to submit insane documentation to verify yourself…

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NewsCards 19 hr ago +6

> the county will retain full control over decisions involving the case, LoPresti said, and the firms will only be paid if the county wins. Good, unleash the lawyers on the scum.

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leova 18 hr ago +8

Every report I’ve ever sent was denied F zuck

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Doom-Sleigher 18 hr ago +7

Meta is for pedo supporters and losers

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Time-Industry-1364 19 hr ago +10

Facebook has become nothing more than absolute AI slop and scams. Zuckerburg seems to think this is what people want and is "engaging content"

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Ok_Mathematician938 20 hr ago +10

Like some of these gacha games that prey on people that are susceptible to gambling addictions?

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Esreversti 19 hr ago +3

I'm surprised that they aren't trying to crack down as it lowers user trust in ads though if payment towards Facebook is based on views and not clicks I can see Meta not caring.

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CharlesP2009 18 hr ago +5

Companies today value a fast nickel over a slow dime. In fact, they’ll take just one single nickel NOW and give up a lifetime of dimes in the future.

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SirLoremIpsum 18 hr ago +2

> I'm surprised that they aren't trying to crack down as it lowers user trust in ads though if payment towards Facebook is based on views and not clicks I can see Meta not caring. If it lost them $$ they'd care. It doesn't. So they don't. I am 900% sure they'd internally done the math ala Fight Club insurance payouts and they make more $$ allowing ads and scams than fighting it

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evissamassive 18 hr ago +3

Anyone who thinks Zuckerberg didn't steal the idea for Facebook is an imbecile.

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chaddwith2ds 15 hr ago +3

I've seen these scam ads! I've seen ads for robot toys that are clearly just AI videos. I report them and Facebook will get back to me 100% of the time saying they found the ad did not violate their terms of service and took no action.

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sonicneedslovetoo 16 hr ago +2

I had to have my mother remove youtube because the first thing you see opening it up on android is one of those "you need to update" ads that mimics actual android update screens in full screen with small text at the bottom that says "sponsored".

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xav13r76 12 hr ago +2

Another make $100m off ad revenue and pay $10m penalty

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Ozdad 14 hr ago +1

You put Google ads on your website and they serve up such c***, it destroys the value of what could be an effective platform for legit advertising that is relevant to your readers.

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Prudent_Rice7840 12 hr ago +1

Santa Clara flipping off San Mateo

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pcurve 8 hr ago +1

Their business model revolves around scamming other businesses to throw away money.

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Curious-Emu3894 18 hr ago +1

Welcome to capitalism where scam ads run rampant because investors need profits at all costs. Want to be rid of scam ads? Bring back the days where drone wasn’t a money hungry CEO getting paid absurd amounts of money for no f****** reason while not paying your God damn employees; only investors. Most Americans will NEVER see an “American Dream” because capitalism is meant to destroy the small guys while enriching the rich.

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