Meta Platforms scam advertising
Subject in Technology
Meta Platforms scam advertising has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Mariana van ZellerPortuguese-American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, host of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
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
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
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan argues that, absent regulation, Meta chose to charge suspected scammers more instead of removing them.
“So they are regulating themselves. And what they chose to do is charge more”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 36:16
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
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.