These scammers using Mr Beasts popularity, generosity, and (mostly) deep fake AI to scam people into downloading malware, somehow do not go against Instagrams community guidelines.

After trying to submit a request to review these denied claims, it appears I have been shadow banned in some way or another as only an error message pops up.

Instagram is allowing these to run on their platform. Intentional or not, this is ridiculous and Instagram should be held accountable for allowing malicious websites to advertise their scam on their platform.

For a platform of this scale, this is completely unacceptable. They are blatant and I have no idea how Instagrams report bots/staff are missing these.

  • DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    11 months ago

    Sounds like a good time to make Mr Beast aware of these, he has a lot of disposable income to burn on a lawsuit or three.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      These scam ads have been an issue for at least a year. I’m pretty sure they’re automated and there’s very little that can be done to trace them to their original sources. I’m sure if Mr. Beast did threaten to sue Meta, then they would just start filtering “beast” from ads.

      • PorkSoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        I’m pretty sure they’re automated and there’s very little that can be done to trace them to their original sources.

        Start by holding the ad account holder liable. When I worked in digital marketing and ran ad accounts, I had to upload my driver’s license.

        • Deckweiss@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          You live in a civilized country.

          There are others where you can get a stack of fake drivers licenses for a couple groshen.

    • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Honestly protecting vulnerable people from these scams is probably more generous than the usual philanthropy he does