<p>Exploiting Meta’s Weaknesses, Deceptive <a href="/tags/political/" rel="tag">#Political</a> Ads Thrived on <a href="/tags/facebook/" rel="tag">#Facebook</a> and <a href="/tags/instagram/" rel="tag">#Instagram</a> in Run-Up to <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#election2024</a> <br>==</p><p>Despite Meta's stated commitment to crack down on harmful content, it failed to catch tens of thousands of ads that used false claims and deepfakes of political figures to collect users’ sensitive personal data or bait them into monthly charges.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/badvertising/" rel="tag">#Badvertising</a> <a href="/tags/scam/" rel="tag">#Scam</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-instagram-meta-deceptive-political-ads-election" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/facebook-instagram-meta-deceptive-political-ads-election"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fac</span><span class="invisible">ebook-instagram-meta-deceptive-political-ads-election</span></a></p>