Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, claiming that the company profited from deceptive advertisements circulating...

Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms. The county alleges Meta profited from scam advertisements on Facebook and In...

Consumer Federation of America has sued Meta, accusing the social media giant of profiting from scam ads and misleading users about safety ...

Meta faced pressure over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, especially from Japan. Internal papers show it reduced how easily regulators c...

Meta found a large share of its China-linked ad revenue came from scams and banned products. Despite briefly cutting abuse, it eased contro...

"The FTC and SEC should immediately open investigations and, if the reporting is accurate, pursue vigorous enforcement action where appropr...

Meta documents reveal the company projected earning billions from scam ads, failing for years to stop fraudulent schemes targeting users. D...

The U.S. social media giant said it took down the scam ads after receiving 102 reports since April from the Australian Financial Crimes Exc...

The scammers had edited a genuine interview with Musk, replacing his voice with a replica using AI tools. The AI was sophisticated enough t...

In a decision on Monday, US District Judge Casey Pitts in San Jose, California said Australia's second-richest person can try to prove that...

The 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 discontinued Andrew Forrest's criminal case against Meta for scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook. Forrest's civil su...

To prevent your Facebook account from being hacked or targeted by malware scams, you can take several steps, including identifying impostor...

A handful of verified Facebook pages were hacked recently and spotted slinging likely malware through ads approved by and purchased through...

Meta said any ads that scammed people out of money or misled users violated its policies and the company uses technology to detect and bloc...

The lawsuit filed in the Federal Court also alleges Facebook "aided and abetted or was knowingly concerned in false or misleading conduct a...

Cybercriminals harvested users’ login credentials by baiting them through ads that purportedly promoted a fake update for Facebook Messenge...