"Meta might prefer that Section 230 grant it sweeping immunity, but that is not the law," the Consumer Federation of America ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That "easy money" or "rapid weight loss" ad in your social feed may actually be a scam. A recent Reuters investigation alleges ...

Ofcom says more than half of UK adults have encountered potentially fraudulent ads online.

U.S. senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have asked the heads of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to probe Meta Platforms, following a Reuters report ...

That great bargain you just spotted on social media? Well, proceed with caution before you pull out that credit card. The eye-catching ad might look legitimate, but many too-good-to-be true deals are ...

The Consumer Federation of America has filed a lawsuit against Meta, alleging the company knowingly allows high-risk advertisers to run scam ads on Facebook and Instagram rather than banning them, ...

Meta projected about $16 billion in revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods. Internal docs estimate 15 billion “higher-risk” scam ads are shown daily. An internal review concluded it’s ...

If the company won’t remove obvious scam ads, regulators need to step in. If the company won’t remove obvious scam ads, regulators need to step in. Scams are not a small problem. Americans alone ...

As you consider online job ads and offers, here are warning signs to look for to avoid falling victim to a scam.

The Karnataka Cyber Command has rescued two youths from a scam compound in Myanmar operated by Chinese fraudsters. The duo ...

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 ...