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, ...

Social media giant Meta expected about 10 percent of its 2024 revenue, roughly $16 billion, to come from running ads for scams and banned goods, according to internal projections reported by Reuters.

The WhatsApp logo appears on a smartphone screen and as a background on a computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on August 6, 2025. WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts ...

We've long seen a problem with fraud on Facebook and Instagram. Now the company behind both social networks appears to be going on the offensive against scammers — by announcing a sweeping slate of ...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is pushing Meta to shut down Facebook and WhatsApp accounts that have been used to ...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked Meta to take action last week.

Meta announced that it's launching some new anti-scam features for WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger. It's also working with law enforcement and industry partners to enforce scam protection measures ...

In the first quarter of 2026, 170 profiles with a blue checkmark have published 67,000 fraudulent ads on Facebook and ...

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest will ask a US court to sanction Meta this Friday, alleging it destroyed evidence and ...

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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 ...