Shocking Allegations Rock Meta: Is the Social Media Giant Turning a Blind Eye to Human Trafficking Profits?
1. “Current and former employees say Meta is reluctant to add impediments for ad-buying clients who drove a 22% increase in its advertising business last year to over $160 billion. Even after users demonstrate a history of scamming, Meta balks at removing them.”
2. “The report estimated organized scamming operations—often called “pig butchering” groups—comprise hundreds of thousands of people, many trafficked after falling for fraudulent social-media employment ads. Kept in prisonlike compounds, the workers are forced to work under threat of ‘extreme forms of torture and abuse.’ West said the growth of this nightmarish industry stems directly from the inaction of Meta and, to a lesser extent, its social-media peers.”
