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[–] eicker@lemmy.world 189 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Meta wants to be the global town square, but apparently Virginia Woolf and feminism are too dangerous for its ad system. Meanwhile the company keeps asking us to trust its algorithms with billions of people’s speech. If Meta can’t distinguish feminist literature from prohibited content, maybe it shouldn’t be the internet’s self appointed censor.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 95 points 2 days ago (2 children)

While allowing scam and porn ads on there that harm millions of people

[–] Pechente@feddit.org 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It’s amazing how blantly they allow scam ads. I reported ads for stolen credit cards and counterfeit money and meta closed my reports stating there was nothing wrong with the ads. What is this? The dark web?

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago

They're directly incentivized to allow scams, since over 10% of their total revenue comes from scams

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/bombshell-report-exposes-how-meta-relied-on-scam-ad-profits-to-fund-ai/

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 12 points 2 days ago

Honestly, I think the dark web is a safer concept than X or Meta. The legitimacy of society's most powerful people is far more insidious than backstreet markets and courtesans: they don't make laws or support evil institutions across entire nations, nor able to leverage them as a club.

The ordinary pickpocket just wants money. A wealthy elite considers other humans to be decorative, to be used and disposed of.

[–] eicker@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

It’s a catastrophe in double standards.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 13 points 2 days ago

If Meta can’t distinguish feminist literature from prohibited content,

You misunderstand... Feminist literature is the prohibited content. I'm not making a joke here. That's literally their policy!

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 15 points 2 days ago

No one should be the World Wide Web’s self appointed censor!