More than 350,000 advertisements for potentially dangerous supplements have been detected across Europe on Facebook alone.

Omissions

• The exact figure cited in the underlying report is 350,549 Facebook adverts — a SAMPLE collected by the non-profit Reset Tech, not necessarily a complete count of all such ads in Europe.
• The report characterises the promoted products as 'unregulated health supplements', of which some were illegal or had been deemed dangerous; the claim's phrasing 'potentially dangerous supplements' is a characterisation of this finding.
• The claim is corroborated only by news outlets reporting on the same Reset Tech report (e.g. NYT, euperspectives); the primary Reset Tech report itself was not directly located, so the sources are not fully independent of each other.
• One source (euperspectives, dated 2026-10) may have been published at or shortly after the session date of 2026-10-05, but the underlying data (the Reset Tech report) dates from April/May 2026, before the session.

Sources

• SecondaryThe New York Times — Facebook Has a Health Scam ProblemA new report found hundreds of thousands of scam ads for medical products, some of which were illegal or had been deemed dangerous... uncovered more than 350,000 Facebook ads hawking 390 unregulated health supplements.
• SecondaryEU Perspectives — Banned medicines still sell through Facebook and TikTok advertsThe non-profit Reset Tech collected a sample of 350,549 Facebook adverts for a report this year. They promoted unregulated health supplements.
• SecondaryThe Star (Malaysia) — Facebook has a health scam problem'We don't allow misleading ads that claim to cure incurable diseases, prohibit the promotion of unsafe products and supplements, and have strict ...' — report on hundreds of thousands of scam ads for unregulated supplements on Meta's platforms.