An executive at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta once cited estimates that as much as 40% of all engagement on Instagram was fake, ...

The phrase 'AI slop' has been growing in ubiquity, thanks to the sheer amount of low quality artificially generated content that's increasingly plaguing the internet these days. Hats off to Meta ...

In a single day's worth of posts that have sponsored or ad tags on Instagram, about 50% are fake engagements, according to data from the anti-fraud company Sway Ops. Influencer fraud is, unfortunately ...

Facebook is cracking down on fake Instagram likes. The social network announced it had filed a lawsuit in a US federal court on Thursday, which alleges that a New Zealand company called Social ...

In a video posted on Instagram, the doctor-turned-travel vlogger claimed a "fake narrative" was being spread against him after social media.

Curtis emailed that person (whom she declined to name), copied her team and attached the Instagram posts. Within an hour of sending the email, the fake AI ad was taken down, Curtis said.

You’re better off trusting ads for brick-and-mortar stores over promotions, giveaways or advertisements for hot deals on Instagram or Facebook. Fake ads on social media are often hard to ...

HAMSHIRE, Texas — A student at Hamshire-Fannett High School was indicted for creating a fake Instagram account and sending messages that suggested a bomb threat against the school as an act of ...