Meta said it disabled over 150,000 accounts tied to scam centers in Southeast Asia and coordinated with international authorities, resulting in 21 arrests by the Royal Thai Police. It also rolled out new AI-driven protections across Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger while the U.K. launched a £30 million Online Crime Centre to disrupt organized scam networks. #Meta #RoyalThaiPolice
Keypoints
- Meta disabled over 150,000 accounts linked to Southeast Asian scam centers and assisted in 21 arrests by the Royal Thai Police.
- In 2025 Meta removed more than 159 million scam ads and 10.9 million Facebook and Instagram accounts tied to criminal scam centers.
- New protections include suspicious-account warnings on Facebook, WhatsApp device-linking alerts, and AI-driven scam review prompts on Messenger.
- Meta plans to expand advertiser verification to increase transparency and reduce identity misrepresentation by bad actors.
- The U.K. launched a £30 million Online Crime Centre to use AI, block scam infrastructure, and deploy scam-baiting chatbots to disrupt organized fraud.
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