"We urge you to use your law enforcement powers to hold Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg accountable for accepting fraudulent advertising that harms countless American consumers. A new investigation by Reuters found that Meta delivered 15 billion scam ads a day to users, exposing each person to roughly 11 scam ads daily. Not only was Meta well aware of the scale of this fraud, it deliberately"
"undercut efforts to curtail it and increased profits from it by serving up more scam ads to users who clicked on them. Meta should be liable for failing to take reasonable steps to prevent and remediate the harm caused by illegal advertisements running on its platform; for taking money to place scam ads; and for using its proprietary algorithm to target users with even more fraudulent ads."
Meta delivered 15 billion scam ads per day, exposing each person to roughly 11 scam ads daily. Meta knew of the fraud's scale, undercut efforts to curtail the fraud, and increased profits by serving more scam ads to users who clicked on them. Meta accepted payment for placing illegal advertisements and used its proprietary algorithm to target users with additional fraudulent ads. Meta failed to take reasonable steps to prevent and remediate the harm caused by illegal ads running on its platform. Countless American consumers suffered harm from deceptive advertising served and amplified by the platform.
Read at action.consumerreports.org
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