Meta deletes 63,000 ‘Yahoo Boys’ Instagram accounts
Tech giant Meta said on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that tried to defraud mostly men in the United States through financial sexual extortion scams. “They targeted primarily adult men in the U.S. and used fake accounts to mask their identities,” Meta said in a statement. It explained that the […]
Facebook, Instagram, Threads lock users out
Social media websites Facebook and Instagram are experiencing technical problems Tuesday, with users in Nigeria and around the world unable to log in to or refresh their accounts. Facebook users reported problems including being logged out — and when they attempted to log back in saw an error message such as, “Something went wrong. Please […]
