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Facebook Has a Health Scam Problem
- MattGaiser 6mo agoFacebook in general has a huge scam problem. I routinely see ads claiming to be from CBC or CNN or Reuters selling lottery software, Bitcoin engines or perpetual motion machines. Supplements seem to be the most legal out of all the scams regularly run.
- cbsmith 6mo agoI was going to say: "in what way is the problem restricted to health?"
- archerx 6mo agoYet they have no problem flagging legit stuff. Back in 2019 I remember a pair of shorts (part of procedurally generated street ware fashion project) got flagged as offensive for some reason and my campaign got suspended. I reached out to Facebook and actually got a human and they unsuspended my account but the experience also made me stop buying ads from them.
- derwiki 6mo agoPerpetual motion ones particularly grind my gears. My dad, a retired science teacher who KNOWS better will occasionally send me these. Dad don’t you think that would be legit big news if true?
- BenjiWiebe 6mo agoObviously not, because big oil and the government would do away with the inventor and prevent the press from publishing about it.
- masfuerte 6mo agoFacebook doesn't have a scam problem. Scams are making them a lot of money. In a less corrupt world we'd change the law so that scams on Facebook were Facebook's problem.
- bwb 6mo agoI see ads claiming to be BBC all the time on Reddit with similar.
- Larrikin 6mo agoWhy do you see ads at all? Is this just an iPhone problem?
- darkfloo 6mo agoIt’s only a problem for Facebook if they get prosecuted, so far it’s a problem problem for Facebook users(a very bad one to be clear). I’d love to believe they will be dragged in front of a court, but it’s unclear to me what could be charged , unless they are knowingly involved.
- gmerc 6mo agoThese ads compete in the supply side auction with real healthcare ads, causing massive CAC spikes for legitimate providers. It’s the main reason why Meta doesn’t actually ever against scammers
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- childofhedgehog 6mo agohttps://archive.is/TcZ0X https://archive.is/TcZ0X Is it just me or should advertising medication just be illegal as a whole? If you need meds you should talk to your doctor.
- AntiUSAbah 6mo agoI would have agreed a while back but now i don't. I think its gatekeping and there should be a way to get everything without another adult telling you no. There is a lot of bias around what and how and when and who can take what.
- expedition32 6mo agoAh yes the American naivity of pretending people are not morons. The renaissance man never existed.
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- Natfan 6mo agofeels like a slippery slope to some eugenics bullshit
- AntiUSAbah 6mo agoThats happening anyway. Its a class thing, poor people buy crystal, the rich buy ritalin from the doctor.
- AntiUSAbah 6mo agoI see the issue but its not like I can go to some seminar, get educated about a specific medication/chemical and then i'm allowed to just buy it.
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- garethsprice 6mo agoMore like, society has a Facebook health scam problem (or just a "Facebook problem"). Facebook I'm sure does not think they have a problem, as they make a ton of money from running these garbage ads with no consequences.
- pseudohadamard 6mo agoIsn't Facebook's health stuff more or less made of scams? Are there any legit health ads on there?