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> One third of all scams in the US are operated on Meta platforms. And 100% of all internet scam traffic in the US goes through either US ISPs or US cell carri
by filoleg 11mo ago
> One third of all scams in the US are operated on Meta platforms.
And 100% of all internet scam traffic in the US goes through either US ISPs or US cell carriers.
Should those entities be held liable instead? Or maybe, Meta instead should scan users' private messages on their platforms and report everything that might seem problematic (whatever the current US administration in power considers as problematic) to the relevant authorities?
My personal take: there should be more effort in going after the actual scammers, as opposed to going after the "data pipes" (of various abstraction levels) like Meta/ISPs/cell carriers/etc.
- gherkinnn 11mo agoMeta is not a pipe. Meta curates the feed to maximise their income to the detriment of everyone else.
- alex1138 11mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15956811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15956811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14147719 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14147719
- jddj 11mo ago> Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/ https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortu...
- slumberlust 11mo agoIf the ISP was taking ad money they know were scams...yes they should be liable. International law and extradition has already proven to be too slow and small scale to be effective.