Meta is adding new scam detection tools to Facebook and WhatsApp. The tools will alert users to potentially suspicious activity. Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp are all getting the tools. Meta is ...

“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 ...

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, ...

Bottom line: Meta insists that it is making steady progress against fraudulent advertising. "We aggressively fight fraud and scams because people on our platforms don't want this content, legitimate ...

Internal documents have revealed that Meta has projected it earns billions from ignoring scam ads that its platforms then targeted to users most likely to click on them. In a lengthy report, Reuters ...

Meta projected about $16 billion in revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods. Internal docs estimate 15 billion “higher-risk” scam ads are shown daily. An internal review concluded it’s ...

Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Japanese regulators last year were upset by a flood of ads for obvious scams on Facebook and Instagram. The scams ranged from fraudulent investment schemes to fake celebrity product ...

The company removed 159 million scam ads last year and took down 10.9 million accounts linked to criminal networks. Now it wants to catch scammers before they get to you. Meta has announced a fresh ...