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Nucleo's investigation identified accounts with thousands of followers with illegal behavior that Meta's security systems were unable to identify; after contact, the company acknowledged the problem and removed the accounts

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[โ€“] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

after contact, the company acknowledged the problem and removed the accounts

Meta is outsourcing content moderation to journalists.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

Meta profits from these accounts, it also profits off scams and fraud posts, because they pay for ad space. They have literally no incentive to moderate beyond the bare minimum their automatic tools do