Monday, December 15, 2025

REUTERS INVESTIGATES

Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue

  • A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. 
    Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize "revenue impact" caused by cracking down on the scams.
    REUTERS/Illustration/Catherine Tai 
     
  • Meta’s “Trusted Experts” helped me run scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

    A Reuters reporter created ads promising unrealistic investment returns and easily placed them on Meta's social media platforms.

 



  • Exclusive: Tesla board made $3 billion via stock awards that dwarfed tech peers

    Between 2018 and 2020, the average Tesla director received a total of about $12 million in cash-and-stock compensation. That was about eight times as much as the average director at Alphabet, the next highest-paid among the "Magnificent Seven" companies.

  • US dangles security guarantees for Ukraine but no deal on 'painful' territorial concessions

    Kyiv is under intense pressure from Trump to make concessions to Russia.

  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a press conference, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
  • Ukraine says underwater drones hit submarine, but Moscow denies damage
  • Vast majority of Ukrainians reject major peace concessions, poll finds
  • EU imposes sanctions on oil traders with links to Russia's shipping network
  • Ukraine could gain NATO-like security assurances in US-proposed Russia peace deaL
     

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    REUTERS INVESTIGATES

    Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue 10 hours ago A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Faceb...