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

  • yesman@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

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

    Meta is outsourcing content moderation to journalists.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      12 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