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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 73 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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