What Mariana van Zeller has said about Meta Platforms scam advertising
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 16, 2026
Mariana van Zeller, Portuguese-American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, host of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller, has been quoted on Meta Platforms scam advertising 2 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on October 16, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Van Zeller argues the focus should shift from victims to government failure to protect consumers and platform accountability.
“I think the question should be why isn't our government doing more to protect us?”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 29:50
Van Zeller reports that internal Meta documents estimated users were exposed to 15 billion scam ads per day.
“there were 15 billion ads every single day that the users of their platforms, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, were exposed to”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 30:22
Episodes
#2567 - Mariana van ZellerThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 16, 2026 · 2 h 30 min
Joe Rogan and journalist Mariana van Zeller discuss romance and pig-butchering scams, Meta's profits from scam ads, Mexican cartels, the opioid crisis and drug policy.
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