The 355-year-old company declared bankruptcy earlier this year and moved to liquidate merchandise at all 80 of its stores ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - The Better Business Bureau receives daily reports of misleading social media ads as holiday shopping ramps up, warning consumers to be cautious while scrolling through their ...

The Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission have been urged by US Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal to probe Meta over allegations that Facebook and Instagram ...

The lawmakers say Meta's platforms may be implicated in "about a third of all US scams" and linked to more than $50 billion in consumer losses last year. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers ...

Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal, two U.S. senators, have asked the FTC and SEC to probe Meta over an estimated $16 billion in scam ad revenue in 2024. A letter from the two to the agencies stated, ...

U.S. lawmakers have asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an investigation into Meta Platforms (META), Reuters reported on Monday, following a report ...

Senators urge FTC, SEC to investigate Meta's ad practices, seek penalties Hawley, Blumenthal cite fake ads impersonating U.S. government officials Meta denies senators' allegations, claims 58% ...

(Reuters) -U.S. senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have asked the heads of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to probe Meta Platforms, following a Reuters ...

Strapped for cash and facing one of the bleakest job markets in decades, Canada’s young people are increasingly falling victim to financial fraudsters. Canadians aged 18 to 24 reported losing money to ...

If the company won’t remove obvious scam ads, regulators need to step in. If the company won’t remove obvious scam ads, regulators need to step in. Scams are not a small problem. Americans alone ...

Leaked documents have recently shed light on a troubling discrepancy between Meta’s public commitments and its advertising practices. Despite the company’s promises to clamp down on scam ads, these ...

Bottom line: Meta insists that it is making steady progress against fraudulent advertising. "We aggressively fight fraud and scams because people on our platforms don't want this content, legitimate ...