July 24 (UPI) --Meta said Wednesday it removed tens of thousands accounts based in Nigeria in a crackdown on sextortion schemes stemming from the country. The company said it took down 63,000 ...

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. removed 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria linked to scammers who were using its social media services to blackmail targets after soliciting intimate photos ...

Meta says it has has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts engaging in sexual extortion scams. It also removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organise, recruit and ...

WhatsApp and Threads — revealed they took down 63,000 accounts. Some 2,500 accounts were said to be run by 20 individuals allegedly trying to cheat people out of money. Meta says the group is ...

Meta Platforms Inc. (the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) announced on Wednesday the removal of 63,000 accounts associated with the Nigerian cybercrime scene, which were ...

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. removed 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria linked to scammers who were using its social media services to blackmail targets after soliciting intimate photos, the ...

Meta on Wednesday said it has removed 63,000 Instagram accounts linked to sextortion scams from Nigeria, days after authorities in the West African country slapped a $220 million fine on the company.

Meta took down 63,000 Nigerian Instagram accounts involved in sextortion scams, primarily targeting US adults. The Yahoo Boys network was dismantled, with further actions on Facebook. Some minor ...

LAGOS, July 24 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sexual extortion scams ...