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Mark Cuban says Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads as Meta docs reveal $16 billion in fraud-linked revenue

Moneywise reports Mark Cuban's claim, made on the Pivot podcast, that Facebook runs deepfake ads using an AI copy of Cuban's face and voice. It recaps Reuters's 2025 reporting on Meta documents about scam-ad revenue, and Meta's reply that the documents distort its approach.

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Why it matters

The same thing, for different readers.

What it means for you

Ads showing a famous face may be AI fakes; Moneywise advises searching the product name with the word scam and warning older relatives.

For lawmakers

Reuters-reported Meta documents describe an internal 95 percent certainty threshold before an advertiser is banned, a figure regulators examining ad-fraud duties may want to test.

For researchers

The figures about Meta's scam-ad revenue come from Reuters's reading of internal documents, which Meta calls selective, so they are reported claims, not audited measurements.

In their own words

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From the source’s own text.

“Facebook knows the little old ladies are getting ripped off”
Mark Cuban, billionaire investorMark Cuban on the Pivot podcast in August, as reported by Moneywise, about deepfake ads using an AI copy of Cuban's face and voice.
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“The point is, that defines the culture of the organization”
Mark Cuban, billionaire investorMark Cuban arguing that letting scammers target people's grandparents shows what Meta tolerates; as reported by Moneywise.
Found word for word in the sourceAs quoted in the text we read, not the speaker’s own text or a transcript of their words
“present a selective view that distorts Meta's approach to fraud and scams”
Andy Stone, Meta spokesmanMeta spokesman Andy Stone to Reuters in November 2025, about the internal documents, as quoted by Moneywise.
Found word for word in the sourceAs quoted in the text we read, not the speaker’s own text or a transcript of their words

The record

Questions
Are AI companies putting stronger safeguards into practice? · How is AI changing childhood, health and daily life?
People
Mark Cuban (Speaks, billionaire investor) · Andy Stone (Speaks, Meta spokesman) · Godwin Oluponmile (Wrote it)
What we read
We read the whole source.
Found by
The Radar, run of November 6, 2026, via hacker-news-50-points (tier 3: discovery only)
Cite this
Moneywise (via Yahoo Finance), “Mark Cuban says Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads as Meta docs reveal $16 billion in fraud-linked revenue”, October 6, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/moneywise-2026-10-06-cuban-facebook-deepfake-ads
Our notesTriage lists this under a Nov 5 Hacker News date, but the article itself is dated October 6, 2026 (a Moneywise piece syndicated on Yahoo), so published is Oct 6. Cuban's claims are Cuban's alone; the original Pivot episode and Reuters reporting were not read. The $16 billion and 95 percent figures are Reuters's, relayed second-hand.