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Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan


Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.

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