Meta said in a blogpost on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 accounts that tried to engage with the scams. "Financial sextortion is a horrific crime that can have devastating consequences," it ...

Meta said Thursday that it removed more than 2 million accounts this year that sought to trick internet users around the world into forking over their money in fake investment schemes, part of a ...

criminals and scammers have used Meta to target victims. Last year, the company removed at least 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that attempted to financially extort victims. The scams were ...

Meta, in March, removed clusters of scam activity totalling over 23,000 Facebook Pages and accounts that primarily targeted people in Brazil and India, the social media giant said on Wednesday.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc said on Friday it had removed a network of group accounts targeting Russian-speakers in Moldova, ahead of the country's Oct. 20 election, for violation of ...

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc on Wednesday suspended ... (This story corrects to remove reference to Philippines NPA in relation to suspended accounts).

Instagram logo on smartphone screens. [AFP] Meta on Wednesday said it has removed 63,000 Instagram accounts linked to sextortion scams from Nigeria, days after authorities in the West African ...