We Reported 58 Fraudulent Facebook Posts to Meta Using the DSA's Legal Mechanisms, and a Week Later, 93% Are Still Active. · Maldita.es - Journalism to Help You Avoid Being Fooled.

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After uncovering a network of fraudulent Facebook pages impersonating public transport services in 47 Spanish cities to steal users' personal and banking data, we tested the reporting mechanisms imposed by the European Digital Services Act (DSA) on large platforms like Meta. This mechanism allows users to report illegal content that, according to the same law, must be deleted. We reported 58 illegal posts, and a week later, more than 93% were st…

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Meta will begin to remove from its Advertising Library the political contents that have exceeded seven years of storage. The measure affects one of the few public archives that allow to know what messages circulated, who financed them and who they were directed to. The disappearance of this register raises questions about the transparency and accountability of electoral campaigns on platforms.