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 ...

Instagram investigated and removed around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were trying to financially sextort users, according to a blog post from Meta. The accounts, which were removed ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Meta said Wednesday it has removed roughly 63,000 accounts engaged in financial sextorion scams, a growing category of online crime in which scammers use fake accounts to dupe victims into sharing ...

Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to ...

Meta said Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were attempting to engage in “sextortion” scams, mostly aimed at adult men and some children in the US.

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 ...