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News India Live, Digital Desk: Social media giant Meta has carried out one of its biggest ever crackdown against online fraud and crime. The company has revealed that in the last one year 10.9 million (about 1.1 crore) The Facebook and Instagram accounts have been permanently deleted. All these accounts were found to be linked to ‘criminal scam centres’.
Why did Meta take such a big step? According to Meta, these accounts were not only spreading misleading information but were also involved in activities like financial fraud and data theft among the people. Other than this:
15.9 crore fraud ads has also been blocked.
Romance Scam: More than 15,000 assets of Japanese women or others who defrauded people by creating fake identities were destroyed.
Global Campaign: More than 1.5 lakh suspicious accounts were disabled in the operation conducted in collaboration with Thailand Police and US investigative agencies (FBI & DOJ).
Now AI will ‘guard’ you (New Safety Rules): Meta has implemented new AI-based security rules to avoid such scams in future:
Scam Detection Tools: New AI tools have been activated on Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger that will detect suspicious activities and send alerts immediately.
Ban on questionable recommendations: AI will now prevent adult accounts from being suggested to teens who may be included in lists like ‘People You May Know’.
Strict Age Verification: With the help of AI, the age of the account holder is now being accurately estimated so that children can be protected from online threats.
Hidden Words: Through this feature, comments on those accounts which send objectionable language or scam links will now be auto-filtered.