Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
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- Meta's Automated Ad and Targeting Systems Reportedly Enabled Large-Scale Fraud Revenue
event | 31 May 2026 | 82%
Internal Meta documents reviewed by Reuters reportedly show that the company's automated ad and targeting systems generated major revenue from fraudulent ads and exposed users to billions of scam impressions daily. Enforcement was limited by internal revenue guardrails. In one example, a Royal Canadian Air Force recruiter's account was hacked and used to run a crypto scam that defrauded several colleagues after repeated reports allegedly went unanswered.