Facebook takes down thousands of sextortion accounts

By Barbara Ortutay
Updated July 24 2024 - 10:51pm, first published 10:49pm
Meta said its investigation found the majority of sextortion scammers' attempts did not succeed. Photo: AP PHOTO
Meta said its investigation found the majority of sextortion scammers' attempts did not succeed. Photo: AP PHOTO

Meta has taken down about 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria that were engaging in financial sextortion scams, along with groups and pages that were trying to organise, recruit and train new scammers.

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