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> Does FB take down scammers? Yes, constantly Well, in my experience: no. In Sweden where I reside and I'm sure in many other countries as well there have been
by stareatgoats 6y ago
> Does FB take down scammers? Yes, constantly
Well, in my experience: no. In Sweden where I reside and I'm sure in many other countries as well there have been regular surges of ads peddling a crypto-currency scam using fake interviews with well known celebrities as the hook ("I scored millions" etc). In 2019 I reported well over 70 of these ads and Facebook diligently reported that they investigated two (2) of these and found no reason to take action.
Now, the excuse I heard regarding these was that the scammers used some sort of dynamic links that detected and redirected depending on if the clicker was an fb employee or a sucker. But give. Me. a. Break.
- AntiImperialist 6y agoJust because you see scammers doesn't mean Facebook doesn't do anything. It's just too easy and too lucrative for many more scammers. There are reports of legitimate businesses being taken down by Facebook all the time. So which is it? Are they this monopoly which does too much to cull businesses or is it too liberal to scammers? Well, it is both, as long as they can twist it to mean that "Facebook bad".