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Meta cracks down on ‘Yahoo Boys’ and thousands of sextortion accounts
It’s working on ways to detect scams and better warn users.
By Lauren Feiner, a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. Earlier this year, Meta said it would automatically send suspected sextortion account messages to users’ hidden requests folder. And if users are already talking to a potential scam or sextortion account, it would display a safety notice prompting them to report threats to share private images.
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