In a significant move to combat the growing threat of online fraud, Meta has taken decisive action against scam activity on WhatsApp. As part of its broader effort to enhance platform safety, the tech company has removed millions of suspicious accounts and introduced new features designed to protect users from deception.

Meta is suing over an incident on May 2, 2019, when NSO used its servers as a method for transferring executable files to users’ phones, which it then used to spy on them. In the courtroom, Meta portrayed the company as a grave threat to WhatsApp’s stated missions of privacy and security.

Scam groups use fake investments, crypto fraud, and social media manipulation to deceive victims across platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, and TikTok.

Many of the accounts were linked to criminal groups operating in South East Asia, the social media giant said.

Italy said Wednesday it opened a probe into social media giant Meta for potentially breaking EU competition laws by installing its AI tool into WhatsApp. It said merging Meta AI with WhatsApp, Meta could be "channelling its customer base into the emerging market,

NEW YORK (AP) — WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were “linked to criminal scam centers” targeting people online around that world, its parent company Meta said this week.

The announcement was made at Meta’s Conversations conference in Miami. The new updates aim to allow businesses to have ads, customer chat, and support on WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram all in ...

Russia plans to restrict some calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, saying the apps don't cooperate with the government to stop "deceit and fraud."

Meta's AI chatbot is expanding to more WhatsApp users globally, with the experiment initially being limited to some regions. Users can also access Meta AI in WhatsApp by tapping the dedicated icon ...

Meta, the global social media giant at one time known as Facebook when it purchased WhatsApp in a 2014 deal for some $19 billion, now permits advertisers to run click-to-message ads to WhatsApp ...

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