The meme coin scams are different, they are getting deployed by every second whereas ICO at the very least not being deployed that often.
It's happening in obviously larger scale and more frequent too, on the other hand the IEO scene are being tightly regulated right now and there's complicated selection process.
There are stats I saw last time and there are so many ICO scams too. Maybe you think like that because ICOs are done in a process but meme coins right now are more instant. IEO on the other hand is a more secure way to sell tokens than an ICO.
So not only now but even before, that's already how things are working for it, though no doubt that regulations are still taking place in cryptos in general, not only to combat the many scams but also for the governments to earn something through taxes. If one wants to invest and hope for a better success rate, we can always consider IEO and gamble only less in meme coins if the urge is hard to fight.