GETHOOKD has published a new report examining the leading tools available for those interested in conducting advanced ...

A recent Reuters investigation alleges that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, earned billions from fraudulent ads, leaving consumers on the hook, including an increasing number of ...

That “easy money” or “rapid weight loss” ad in your social feed may actually be a scam.

SAN FRANCISCO - Japanese regulators last year were upset by a flood of ads for obvious scams on Facebook and Instagram. The scams ranged from fraudulent investment schemes to fake celebrity product ...

Fearing billions of dollars in lost revenue, Meta Platforms Inc. reportedly developed an internal “playbook” aimed at sidestepping pressure from regulators to crack down on scam advertising on its ...

Meta has removed a number of ads promoting "nudify" apps — AI tools used to create sexually explicit deepfakes using images of real people — after a CBS News investigation found hundreds of such ...

Data from Meta’s ad library showed dozens of pages running nearly 1,000 such advertisements across countries where local laws ...

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 ...

Social media has now overtaken email as the UK’s top scam channel, accounting for over a third (34%) of reported online scam incidents.