Meta faces criticism from Britain's financial watchdog for failing to curb illegal ads promoting risky financial products on its platforms. Despite commitments, a significant number of unauthorized ...

Meta unveils new AI tools and law enforcement partnerships to fight scams on Facebook and WhatsApp after removing 159M scam ads in 2025.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has been under criticism due to its failure to prevent ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Last year, Meta had to reckon with an ugly conclusion about its Chinese advertising customers: They were defrauding Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users worldwide. Though China’s ...

Meta's ad machine is under fresh scrutiny after internal projections suggested that a double digit share of its 2024 revenue could be tied to scams and banned products, a slice of business worth tens ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO - For a week in November, Facebook and Instagram featured ads that showed cash and cryptocurrency raining down on a man at his computer. The ads asked viewers if they wanted to make a ...

BEUC’s report also argues that Meta is still violating EU data protection and consumer rules, including the General Data ...

Americans lost over $16B to scams in 2024 as social media–driven fraud surges. Explore FTC and FBI findings, Meta’s role, and ...

Reddit's rapid ad growth, rising ARPU, and AI-driven engagement highlight stronger upside, while Meta Platforms faces macro and regulatory pressures despite massive ad scale.