Facebook scams are nothing new. For years, fraudsters have weaponized the Facebook ads platform on a large scale. Meta makes, ...

In late 2024, internal analysts at Meta reached a stark conclusion: more than one in ten dollars the company expected to earn ...

Scam ads on Facebook have evolved beyond the days of misspelled headlines and sketchy product photos. Today, many are powered by artificial intelligence, fueled by deepfake technology and distributed ...

A TODAY investigation found that medical scams using AI deepfake videos to sell ineffective products are on the rise. Here's ...

Online purchase scams remain one of the riskiest threats for shoppers this season Holiday “gift exchange” posts on social ...

Ads that take you to a sketchy website or a knock-off product are a minefield on Facebook and Instagram. Now it turns out that cons like these are pouring billions of dollars into Meta’s coffers each ...

Senators urge FTC, SEC to investigate Meta's ad practices, seek penalties Hawley, Blumenthal cite fake ads impersonating U.S. government officials Meta denies senators' allegations, claims 58% ...

Utgivarna, a group of Swedish publishers, has filed a police complaint against Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing Facebook ...

Meta likely made more money from fraudulent advertising in the UK last year than the entire news industry made from legitimate online marketing. The owner of Facebook and Instagram has revealed in ...

WXIN/WTTV — As if we need a reminder to be wary of ads on Facebook and other social media, a recent report by the Wall Street Journal claims 70% of new ads posted on Meta platforms promote scams, poor ...

A coalition of Swedish news publishers has submitted a criminal complaint against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that ...

A group of news publishers have filed a police complaint against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over scam Facebook ads which steal the identities of journalists. Such promotions have been widespread on the ...