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PSA: Meta Knows It’s Profiting from Scamming You — and They're Okay With That
Let’s not sugarcoat it: Meta has been knowingly profiting from scam ads on its platforms, and new internal documents show just how deep the rabbit hole goes. According to a bombshell Reuters investigation , Meta (yes, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) internally projected that 10% of its 2024 revenue — roughly $16 billion — would come from ads promoting scams, fraud, or banned products. Not suspected scams. Not accidental ones. These are known bad acto

Rich Washburn
Nov 7, 20253 min read


The Digital Panopticon: AI-Powered Surveillance, Civil Liberties, and the Battle for Privacy
Imagine a world where your every move is logged—where your grocery trips, gym visits, or detours to a favorite coffee shop are...

Rich Washburn
Dec 19, 20243 min read


Meta Sells User DMs to Netflix
A recent lawsuit has brought to light that Facebook, a key entity of Meta, allowed Netflix unprecedented access to user direct messages...

Rich Washburn
Apr 2, 20242 min read
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