Just how much was @Facebook lying? https://t.co/KYYUUKG8Hi

— Sunil Jain (@thesuniljain) February 18, 2021

Here is the full report in Financial Times for anyone who enters the thread and misses it. It's the key thing to read here. https://t.co/t0A5ApM1uC

— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) February 18, 2021

There is so much we do not understand about how Facebook makes its money.

A lot of it is suspicious. https://t.co/CKlSaAE7Aw

— DR. SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN??? (@sivavaid) February 18, 2021

This is fraud. Full on fraud.

⁦@Facebook⁩ is committing fraud.
Handcuffs worthy fraud. https://t.co/neKIdIO8Ju

— Joseph Flores, Ph.D. (@jsphflrs) February 18, 2021

If you've ever spent $$ advertising on Facebook, I forgive you for getting a little angry after you read this. https://t.co/7Op8SiuteZ

— Jeremy Goldman (@jeremarketer) February 18, 2021

This is just fraud. Fraud. Handcuffs. https://t.co/9qVIJGPzDq

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) February 18, 2021

This has always been the case, and the current beloved darling TikTok is far worse... our jobs are not to fall in love with tools, but to understand, scrutinise and use them to our benefit. Believe nothing, probe everything. https://t.co/5cqiHeVTF2

— Samuel Brealey (@SamuelBrealey) February 18, 2021

"...The [court] filing also reveals that a Facebook product manager for the ‘potential reach’ tool warned the company was making revenue it “should never have” off of “wrong data” https://t.co/z8DTlm7uE9

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 18, 2021

Sheryl Sandberg knew Facebook was defrauding advertisers *FOR YEARS.* https://t.co/qoEWDALyj5

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) February 18, 2021

woah, I have the unsealed docs here. this is the Facebook census / fake accounts case DCN filed to get unsealed for public interest. Judge recently ruled in our favor. So I guess here come the docs. And the apparent cover-up was once again worse than imagined. Sandberg. https://t.co/q4OT5Wl4D4 pic.twitter.com/DPEPa0YwYq

— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) February 18, 2021

NEW: A Facebook manager warned internally that the company made revenues it “should have never made” by overstating how many users advertisers could reach, according to class action lawsuit

Execs refused to fix the issue "to preserve FB's own bottom line"https://t.co/7WGk3He8ue

— Hannah Murphy (@MsHannahMurphy) February 18, 2021

Internal emails show more evidence of ad fraud at Facebook.

“A Facebook employee warned that the company reported revenues it ‘should have never made’ by overstating how many users advertisers could reach.” https://t.co/81IZaDk2HM

— Tech Won't Save Us podcast (@techwontsaveus) February 18, 2021

I'm deeply skeptical of the case for subjecting FB to fees or taxes to subsidize incumbent media outlets; I'm VERY interested in subjecting FB to punitive measures for a decade of destructive and harmful fraud. https://t.co/UzSzhqmqyq

— John Michael McGrath (@jm_mcgrath) February 18, 2021

Still grateful we had opportunity in 2019 to warn Parliaments around the world at International Grand Committee. These 100 seconds are every bit as true today as they were then. And the thread below is just another example. Still haven’t gotten that audit but we know the answer. https://t.co/DSA98XqZ57 pic.twitter.com/AEbAwfXfis

— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) February 18, 2021

Wow| “Facebook knew for years its potential reach was misleading, and concealed that fact to preserve its own bottom line,” https://t.co/4anWELIDCL

— Daniel Grey (@curiousgrey8801) February 18, 2021

Facebook knew for years ad reach estimates were based on 'wrong data' but blocked fixes over revenue impact, per court filing https://t.co/sND7FGqmD1 via @techcrunch

— Moshe Vardi (@vardi) February 18, 2021

NEW: A Facebook manager warned internally that the company made revenues it “should have never made” by overstating how many users advertisers could reach, according to class action lawsuit

Execs refused to fix the issue "to preserve FB's own bottom line"https://t.co/7WGk3He8ue

— Hannah Murphy (@MsHannahMurphy) February 18, 2021

.@Facebook execs, including Sheryl Sandberg, knowingly falsified advertising-reach statistics to make $$ by defrauding ad customers.

Now, we're calling on @TheJusticeDept, @FTC & Congress to investigate their criminal activity — including potential fraud.https://t.co/7RgPWeWimZ

— American Economic Liberties Project (@econliberties) February 18, 2021

A Facebook employee warned that the company reported revenues it “should have never made” by overstating how many users advertisers could reach, according to internal emails revealed in a newly unsealed court filing
https://t.co/a5AFqQzcZp

— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) February 18, 2021

Here's the latest scandal: since 2018, FB's been defending a class-action suit brought by its customers who claim that FB lied about "potential reach" - that is, how many users would see their ads. https://t.co/alNpNJ8PZw

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— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 18, 2021

pretty clear Facebook cheats advertisers https://t.co/SF6h6HdcKd

— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) February 18, 2021

people in charge of media companies have obviously fucked up in a million different ways but upending their business models for fake Facebook stats is gonna go down as a real doozie https://t.co/QPlcrKsqVX

— ishmael (@iD4RO) February 18, 2021

Facebook knew ad metrics were inflated, but ignored the problem to make more money, lawsuit claims https://t.co/fpa0usnLgu

— CNBC (@CNBC) February 18, 2021

facebook generating revenue based off fake metrics it allegedly knew were fake https://t.co/CyZLsk2nrK

— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) February 18, 2021

Previously sealed documents made public in court Wednesday allege that Facebook executives brushed off an employee who proposed changing its "potential reach" metric to make it more accurate, because they thought the change would impact revenue. https://t.co/uphsfdVhYJ

— Meg Graham (@megancgraham) February 18, 2021

This looks a LOT like fraud by Facebook.

Knowingly presenting false information to customers for years. https://t.co/wt7huPTwra

— NickStevens Graphics (@Nick_Stevens_Gr) February 19, 2021

A Techcrunch report which went into a bit more detail. Not sure if anyone else picked it up. https://t.co/Y9cXGI2zej

— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) February 19, 2021

Trying to explain inconsistent results to colleagues and clients because of things it turns out Facebook knew were wrong was a really fun way to spend a chunk of the 2010s https://t.co/QnSiMhvNpZ

— Rob Engelsman (@RCEngelsman) February 18, 2021

And Financial Times report on the matter followed by... https://t.co/t0A5ApM1uC

— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) February 19, 2021

Facebook wildly overstated potential audience size to advertisers: they removed a staggering 1.3 billion fake accounts in the last quarter of 2020 https://t.co/sT7zWoHKO5

— Waxy.org (@waxy) February 19, 2021

Facebook reported revenue it ‘should have never made’, manager claimed

Lawsuit cites product executive’s qualms over figures provided to advertisershttps://t.co/OxBsPl09EQ

— Ophir Gottlieb (@OphirGottlieb) February 19, 2021

A Facebook employee warned that the company reported revenues it 'should have never made' by overstating how many users advertisers could reach, according to internal emails revealed in a newly unsealed court filing https://t.co/TEJJn7YmJb

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 18, 2021

“Facebook knew for years its potential reach was misleading, and concealed that fact to preserve its own bottom line”https://t.co/FXGuNSSInY

— Ailo (@airavn) February 18, 2021

A Facebook manager warned internally that the company made revenues it “should have never made” by overstating how many users advertisers could reach, according to class action lawsuit

Execs refused to fix the issue "to preserve FB's own bottom line" https://t.co/MW7KltsYpF

— Karol Cummins (@karolcummins) February 18, 2021

Oh and I missed this @CNBC report from @megancgraham - always on the Facebook news. This was in addition to @MsHannahMurphy @riptari reports above. Noticing now Facebook updated their statement once they circled their wagons. Long day yesterday ??‍♀️ https://t.co/Tj8f9Bme00

— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) February 19, 2021