Is Meta ignoring Communist China’s abuses to retain ad revenue? One researcher has argued as much.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, receives billions of dollars in ad revenue from Chinese companies, said researcher and publisher Anders Corr in a commentary piece for The Epoch Times. Meta occasionally cracks down on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accounts or propaganda, but it has also ignored or actively promoted such content in the past, Corr wrote. According to him, the huge stream of Chinese ad revenue, a boost of $7 billion in 2023, could have something to do with the Big Tech company’s pro-China bent.
Corr explained that 20 percent of Meta’s revenue comes from the Asia-Pacific region, even though it’s an American company. Those financial funds could impact what Facebook or Instagram users see — or do not see — at the…
