Facebook's ad system has quietly become one of the most profitable engines for online fraud, turning deceptive promotions ...

Facebook now accounts for the vast majority of scams on social media, according to an explosive new study — and critics claim ...

So, you’ve launched your ad campaign. You’ve set up your targeting, written some punchy copy, picked a catchy image or maybe a video and hit "go." A few days pass, then a week, and you’re left ...

Scam ads on Facebook have evolved beyond the days of misspelled headlines and sketchy product photos. Today, many are powered by artificial intelligence, fueled by deepfake technology and distributed ...

Social ads remain small businesses’ go-to play despite rising costs. New benchmark data from WordStream LocaliQ shows Facebook’s average cost per lead (CPL) climbed 21% year over year to $27.66. By ...

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies. Recent Meta ads have included fabricated ...