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FTC: Americans reported losing $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, including $794M to scams that started on Facebook, more than on any other platform (Scott Younker/Tom's Guide)
Scott Younker / Tom's Guide : FTC: Americans reported losing $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, including $794M to scams that started on Facebook, more than on any other platform — Love, investments…
Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams last year, 8 times more than in 2020. Facebook alone cost users more than texts and emails combined
More than two-thirds of the total amount lost came from Meta-owned apps, according to the Federal Trade Commission.…
Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal
Rather than launching a sleek, worthwhile encrypted messaging app, Musk dropped a junky, insular extension of his social media platform.…
This Social Network Was the Primary Hunting Ground for Scammers in 2025
Sorry, Meta. Scammers love using Facebook to pull off their investment and romance scams, contributing to a staggering $2.1 billion in social media-related losses for Americans in 2025.…
Social media scams caused over two billion dollars in losses to consumers last year
FTC data shows consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, with Facebook driving the highest reported losses and investment, shopping, and romance scams leading the damage.…
Meta will throw the toys out of the cot, again
Local journalism deserves saving. But the scheme designed to save it rests on assumptions that the Facebook and Instagram owner has already demolished, without consequences.…
Meta to power its bit barns with energy from space
Facebook provider also working with energy storage firm to keep 100 hours of juice on hand With AI demand growing, Facebook parent Meta is looking for new ways to power its datacenters, with one ambit…
Royal Mail investigating claims that postal worker ‘binned Reform UK election leaflets’
Message on private Facebook group for staff said: ‘I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me!’ Royal Mail is investigating allegations that a postal worker claimed to have “dumped” Reform UK campai…