sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoOnline scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down12
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkOnline scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported9to5mac.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareIllogicalbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·22 hours agoWay to go Meta The top three platforms used by scammers all belong to Meta: Facebook at 57%, Instagram at 22%, and WhatsApp at 8%
minus-squareRegrettable_incident@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoI’m a bit surprised YouTube isn’t higher. I guess meta products are just spectacularly scummy.
minus-squareMagister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·22 hours agoMeta makes billions with it, so why would they block them?
minus-square🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·21 hours agoEven worse, if a block request comes they go the scammer and ask for more money to leave it up.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 hours agoAnd MAGA for neutering the FTC which was fighting against crypto scams.
minus-squareIllogicalbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoThe current administration has pretty much normalized that one.
Way to go Meta
I’m a bit surprised YouTube isn’t higher. I guess meta products are just spectacularly scummy.
Meta makes billions with it, so why would they block them?
Even worse, if a block request comes they go the scammer and ask for more money to leave it up.
And MAGA for neutering the FTC which was fighting against crypto scams.
The current administration has pretty much normalized that one.