Meta's Finance Ad Swamp Overflows With 'Guaranteed Wealth' Bros, AI Trading Bots, WhatsApp Hucksters

For anyone wondering whether social media platforms have finally cleaned up financial advertising, BrokerChooser’s latest report offers a simple answer: absolutely not.

According to BrokerChooser’s analysis of more than 1,400 finance-related Meta ads running in April 2026, nearly half of the finance ads targeting U.S. users were classified as “high-risk.” …


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