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It Has Been Revealed that Meta Earned over 2 Billion Yen From Fraudulent Advertisements Targeting the Elderly.

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While browsing social media and websites, you may encounter advertisements that use digitally altered faces of celebrities and other images that are clearly fraudulent. A new report from the Center for Combating Digital Hate (CCDH) reveals that Meta, the company that operates Facebook and Instagram, has earned more than $14.3 million (approximately 2.2 billion yen) from fraudulent advertisements targeting the elderly.
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While browsing social media and websites, you may encounter advertisements that use digitally altered faces of celebrities and other images that are clearly fraudulent. A new report from the Center for Combating Digital Hate (CCDH) reveals that Meta, the company that operates Facebook and Instagram, has earned more than $14.3 million (approximately 2.2 billion yen) from fraudulent advertisements targeting the elderly.

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GIGAZINE broke the news on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
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