Post #68518
2025-12-16 07:54 UTC
Last year, Meta had to reckon with an ugly conclusion about its Chinese advertising customers: They were defrauding Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users worldwide.
Though China’s authoritarian government bans use of Meta social media by its citizens, Beijing lets Chinese companies advertise to foreign consumers on the globe-spanning platforms. As a result, Meta’s advertising business was thriving in China, ultimately reaching over $18 billion in annual sales in 2024, more than a tenth of the company’s global revenue.
But Meta calculated that about 19% of that money – more than $3 billion – was coming from ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal Meta documents reviewed by Reuters.
Replies (5)
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@AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-16 08:33
a doii
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@Sims@lemmy.ml 2025-12-16 09:06
Haha, what a bunch of lol propaganda. It just gets thicker and thicker. Baad baad Chinese, West good :)
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@Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2025-12-16 13:41
Amazon also endorses fraud. Found a product which had a blatant lie in the description and specification pages but do you think I can find the report product button? Absolutely no where to be found.
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@SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2025-12-16 13:51
Use ublock origin and delete all accounts with meta to protect yourself and your family.
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@miked@piefed.social 2025-12-17 01:05
Meta likes money. News at 11.