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Tesco alerts City of London police after fake casino ads hijack its brand on Facebook and Instagram
Unlicensed gambling sites are impersonating well-known brands and celebrities in social-media ads. Tesco is the latest target, and the pattern points to a systematic problem with how ad platforms verify who is really buying space.
Meta Faces Up to $18 Billion Settlement With 52 US States Over Teen Harm Claims
A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general says Facebook and Instagram were built to hook children. Meta has agreed to pay to make the lawsuits go away.
Hook, Hold, Harvest, Hide: Inside the State Attorneys General Trial Against Meta
California and 28 other states opened a landmark lawsuit this week accusing Facebook and Instagram's parent company of deliberately addicting children and hiding the evidence.
Thirty US States Take Meta to Trial Over Child Safety, Seeking Up to $1 Trillion
A federal jury trial launched this week could force Facebook and Instagram to strip out some of their most addictive features, and cost Meta more money than most countries earn in a year.
Holiday Photos Are Fuelling a New Bank Fraud Scam
Criminals are scanning public Instagram and Facebook posts, then using AI to craft personalised phishing messages that reference where you were and when.