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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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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Tangently…you read one gay rights article and suddenly your ad feed is filled with hot single dads in my area…
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  Do you have a link to the article?

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