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 ...

Internal documents show how Meta adjusted ad transparency systems to limit regulatory scrutiny of AI-driven scam advertising.

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 ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is under fire after a major report revealed that thousands of fraudulent ads have been allowed to run on its platforms. According to the Wall Street ...

Have you seen any pop-up ads lately? At Black Hat 2025, security researchers exposed how a shadowy group uses fake alerts and other scams to exploit online ad systems and target unsuspecting users. I ...

The lawmakers say Meta's platforms may be implicated in "about a third of all US scams" and linked to more than $50 billion in consumer losses last year. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers ...

Meta faced challenges from Japanese regulators over scam ads on its platforms, prompting a cleanup effort to appease ...

Scammers are among the top political ad spenders on Meta’s platforms, using deepfake videos of American politicians — including President Donald Trump — to promote fake government benefits, a watchdog ...

Meta ads are everywhere. You can see it on various social media platforms we use, including Facebook and Instagram. Some of them are scams and promote illegal products. The worst part here is that the ...

The Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission have been urged by US Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal to probe Meta over allegations that Facebook and Instagram ...

Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem. When billionaire ...