Users will be alerted about suspicious activities like unrecognized device linking and friend requests.

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These instructions apply to the Messenger app on your mobile device. Now, even if you open Messenger to read or send messages, it won't show that you're online. This is a great way to discourage your ...

The tech giant says the new features are designed to alert users before they engage with something suspicious.

Meta is introducing new tools to help keep users safe from scams. In a blog post detailing the new tools, Meta explained that in 2025 alone, the social platform giant removed more than 159 million ...

Meta says it removed over 159 million scam ads in 2025, and took down 10.9 million accounts on Facebook and Instagram tied to criminal scams. The company also participated in a disruption operation ...

Meta has unveiled a fresh suite of anti-scam protections across WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger, designed to alert users to suspicious behaviour and help prevent fraudulent activity.

Since 2023, Meta has reintegrated many Messenger features back into the core Facebook experience. If you frequently use the web version of the Facebook Messenger service, there’s sad news. Meta ...

There’s an update shock coming for Facebook Messenger users, which has implications for the platform’s billion users as well as Meta’s other giant WhatsApp, which is even bigger... Major surprise for ...

The company has removed over 159 million scam ads and disabled 150,000 accounts linked to scam networks. New features will ...

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