sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOnline scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down12
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkOnline scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported9to5mac.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareIllogicalbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 days 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-squareMagister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 days agoMeta makes billions with it, so why would they block them?
minus-square🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoEven worse, if a block request comes they go the scammer and ask for more money to leave it up.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoAnd MAGA for neutering the FTC which was fighting against crypto scams.
minus-squareIllogicalbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThe current administration has pretty much normalized that one.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoYep, crypto scams are legal. The president is on it too.
minus-squareRegrettable_incident@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI’m a bit surprised YouTube isn’t higher. I guess meta products are just spectacularly scummy.
Way to go Meta
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.
Yep, crypto scams are legal. The president is on it too.
I’m a bit surprised YouTube isn’t higher. I guess meta products are just spectacularly scummy.