Zuckerberg publicly stated that Facebook derives more than 20 percent of its revenues from people who deceive others
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- The claim attributes a 20% figure to a public statement by Mark Zuckerberg, but no such public statement exists; The actual figure from internal Meta documents is approximately 10%, not more than 20%; The claim misrepresents the source - the 10% figure comes from leaked internal documents, not a public admission by Zuckerberg
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- The figure of ~10% comes from leaked internal documents, not a public statement by Zuckerberg; The claim overstates the percentage by 100% (20% vs. 10%); The Reuters investigation was published in November 2025, which is after the claimed session date of January 2026, but the data refers to 2024 projections which would have been available before January 2026
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- SecondaryReutersMeta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, according to internal company documents
- SecondaryTechCrunchMeta estimates that it earns 10% of its revenue from scams according to internal documents