The ads are a window into a blatantly illegal underground economy that Meta is not only failing to moderate, but is actively profiting from and injecting into users’ feeds.
If criminals are advertising the crimes they are committing, I don’t imagine law enforcement are going to be falling all over themselves to put a stop to it, because it makes their job a lot easier.
If criminals are advertising the crimes they are committing, I don’t imagine law enforcement are going to be falling all over themselves to put a stop to it, because it makes their job a lot easier.
Sure, assuming that their job is filling beds in prison rather than actually reducing crime.
The job of law enforcement is enforcing the law. Enforcing the law is supposed to discourage people from breaking it.
Does it work? I would guess that it is more effective than not enforcing the law.
Is it the best way to reduce crime? I doubt it.
Are law enforcement actually doing it? Because if they were people were not always making those ads.