Meta, a US company, has been exposed for making huge profits through massive illegal advertisements
According to internal documents from Meta, a US based company, approximately 10% of its revenue in 2024, or about $16 billion, came from fraudulent and prohibited product advertisements, highlighting loopholes in its advertising business regulation. This internal document from
Meta shows that the social media giant has failed to identify and block a large number of illegal advertisements for at least three years, exposing billions of users on its platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to investment scams, online gambling, prohibited medical products, and more. According to internal estimates of the company, the platform pushes approximately 15 billion fraudulent advertisements to users every day. According to a report by Meta Security in May 2025, it is estimated that approximately one-third of successful fraud cases in the United States are associated with Meta.