What a garbage heap.
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.Facebook, an internet machine that turns lies into money, is absolutely swimming in scammers who buy ads with political messages, according to a new report from. The fact that Meta’s platforms like Facebook and Instagram have scams shouldn’t be news to anyone, obviously.
One ad quoted in the piece features a photo of Gov. Pritzker, reading, “The State has recently approved that Illinois residents under the age of 89 may now qualify for up to $35,000 of Funeral Expense Insurance to cover any and all end-of-life expenses!” You can see how this would specifically target vulnerable seniors in Illinois, appealing to people in their 70s or 80s and promising a good deal on funeral insurance.
Watch this video of an AI-generated news anchor hawking a “limited-edition Trump-Vance coin" and calling both candidates "handsome devils."October 31, 2024 Gizmodo reached out to Meta on Thursday for comment, specifically to ask about how the scam networks are able to continue operating after their content has been flagged as fraudulent. The company didn’t address our question, instead sending the same statement it sent to ProPublica, insisting it was constantly working to update its enforcement systems.
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