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Most of My Instagram Ads Are Linked to Purchasing Illegal Services (404media.co)
7 points by ikue 1033 days ago
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It's kind of crazy how much of our lives we can give over to algorithms tuned to make money without realizing it. I can only imagine what kind of personal hell a desperate person might see on social media if their ads all look like this, with a nearly indistinguishable chunk of them being scams.
Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons