U.S. Senators Ruben Gallego and Bernie Moreno have introduced anti-scam legislation requiring social media platforms to vet their advertisers.

A recent Reuters investigation alleges that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, earned billions from fraudulent ads, leaving consumers on the hook, including an increasing number of ...

Facebook now accounts for the vast majority of scams on social media, according to an explosive new study — and critics claim it’s because Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant is more focused on making money ...

The surge in social media-enabled scamming has led to authorities calling on the companies operating them to step up their ...

Meta earns billions of dollars every year from running online advertising for scams and banned goods across Facebook, Instagram and other platforms, new documents have revealed. The tech giant ...

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 ...

For two days in January, ads on Pinterest promoting financial scams using visuals of Canadian politicians targeted users in ...

TL;DR: A Reuters report reveals Meta knowingly allowed scam ads on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to generate billions, estimating $16 billion in 2024 revenue from such ads. Internal documents show ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Many of the ads featuring the perfect holiday gifts on your social media feed may be scams. Nicole Schneller learned that the hard way. She clicked on an ad for Sugar Reverse drops ...

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