Meta has taken down tens of thousands of accounts that were used for “sextortion” scams. They were part of a huge pattern of accounts – many located in Nigeria – that look to scam people ...

Meta has taken down tens of thousands of Instagram accounts from Nigeria as part of a massive crackdown on sextortion scams. The accounts primarily targeted adult men in the United States ...

Sponsor Message Some of the accounts taken down by Meta were also working to recruit and train others to join the scams and offered manuals on how to commit them. Meta said the majority of ...

While Meta said its automated systems detected the majority of the scam accounts before they could do any damage, it used other investigative methods to find the remaining accounts and take them ...

Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to ...

Meta says it has taken down about 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria that were engaging in financial sextortion scams - along with groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new ...

The rise of sextortion scams has increased pressure on social media companies like Meta to clamp down on cybercrimes committed on their platforms, especially targeting children. Some of the accounts ...

Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize ...