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Rhode Island sues Meta over alleged tolerance for scam advertisingThe suit, filed by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha in Providence Superior Court, accuses Meta of unlawfully profiting from and ...- Meta removes ads for fraud apps posing as porn after India sounds alarmThe government said ads on Facebook and Instagram operating under names such as "Night Play" and "Kyss" directed users to phishing websit...
- Singapore tightens anti-scam rules on social media, messaging platformsSingapore, the region's second-largest economy, lost over $2.8 billion to scams from 2020 through the first half of 2025, Home Affairs Mini...
- California county sues Meta over scam adsSanta Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, claiming that the company profited from deceptive advertisements circulating...
- California county sues Meta over scam adsSanta Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms. The county alleges Meta profited from scam advertisements on Facebook and In...
- Consumer watchdog group files suit alleging Meta profited on ads for scamsConsumer Federation of America has sued Meta, accusing the social media giant of profiting from scam ads and misleading users about safety ...
- Meta created 'playbook' to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, documents showMeta faced pressure over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, especially from Japan. Internal papers show it reduced how easily regulators c...
- Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenueMeta found a large share of its China-linked ad revenue came from scams and banned products. Despite briefly cutting abuse, it eased contro...
- US senators call for probe of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram"The FTC and SEC should immediately open investigations and, if the reporting is accurate, pursue vigorous enforcement action where appropr...
- Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal documents showMeta documents reveal the company projected earning billions from scam ads, failing for years to stop fraudulent schemes targeting users. D...
- Meta, Australian banks tout progress on taking down 'celeb bait' scam adsThe U.S. social media giant said it took down the scam ads after receiving 102 reports since April from the Australian Financial Crimes Exc...
- How 'deepfake Musk' became internet's biggest scammerThe scammers had edited a genuine interview with Musk, replacing his voice with a replica using AI tools. The AI was sophisticated enough t...
- Meta must face Australian billionaire Forrest's US lawsuit over scam Facebook crypto adsIn a decision on Monday, US District Judge Casey Pitts in San Jose, California said Australia's second-richest person can try to prove that...
- Australian prosecutors drop billionaire Andrew Forrest's case against MetaThe decision is a setback for Andrew Forrest, the 37% owner of iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group and Australia's second-richest pers...
- Australian prosecutors drop billionaire Andrew Forrest's case against MetaAustralian prosecutors discontinued Andrew Forrest's criminal case against Meta for scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook. Forrest's civil su...
- Facebook scams: Know how to avoid various scams from verified accounts on FacebookTo prevent your Facebook account from being hacked or targeted by malware scams, you can take several steps, including identifying impostor...
- Fake verified Facebook pages luring users into clicking malicious linksA handful of verified Facebook pages were hacked recently and spotted slinging likely malware through ads approved by and purchased through...
- Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over fake crypto adsMeta said any ads that scammed people out of money or misled users violated its policies and the company uses technology to detect and bloc...
- Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over scam advertisementsThe lawsuit filed in the Federal Court also alleges Facebook "aided and abetted or was knowingly concerned in false or misleading conduct a...
- Group-IB unearths Facebook Messenger scam run using fake adsCybercriminals harvested users’ login credentials by baiting them through ads that purportedly promoted a fake update for Facebook Messenge...
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