Ads that take you to a sketchy website or a knock-off product are a minefield on Facebook and Instagram. Now it turns out that cons like these are pouring billions of dollars into Meta’s coffers each ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta knows Chinese scammers are bilking users out of billions of dollars – but has allowed them to keep operating rather than risk its profits, according to an explosive report. In ...

US Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal are calling for an investigation into Meta over its alleged role in profiting from scam-laden advertisements on Facebook and Instagram. The demand ...

Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal, two U.S. senators, have asked the FTC and SEC to probe Meta over an estimated $16 billion in scam ad revenue in 2024. A letter from the two to the agencies stated, ...

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U.S. lawmakers have asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an investigation into Meta Platforms (META), Reuters reported on Monday, following a report ...

“Sociable” is the latest commentary on important social media developments and trends from industry expert Andrew Hutchinson of Social Media Today. Yeah, this seems bad. According to a new report from ...

Virtually everyone in the United States has been targeted for some kind of scam. A tiny share of these attempts succeed, but the losses still run into the billions. The perpetrators are increasingly ...

Meta Rolls Out New Scam Alerts Across Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger Your email has been sent Meta is significantly expanding its anti-scam arsenal across Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp, ...

The lawmakers say Meta's platforms may be implicated in "about a third of all US scams" and linked to more than $50 billion in consumer losses last year. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers ...