Facebook parent company Meta got hit with a lawsuit from Santa Clara County accusing the tech giant of “knowingly” and “actively” facilitating and profiting from billions of scam advertisements . The county cited  a 2025 Reuters investigation that found internal Meta documents detailing how the company earned $7 billion from showing Facebook and Instagram users fraudulent ads. The lawsuit accuses Facebook parent company Meta of violating California’s business laws. Dominic Lipinski/PA Images/Alamy Images/Sipa USA According to the lawsuit, more than 3.5 billion daily active users were exposed to over 15 billion scam ads a day, and the county alleged that “Meta was involved in one third of all successful Internet scams in the U.S.” Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day. Thanks for signing up! “This case is about accountability.…