Meta partners with banks to address online scams and safeguard users

The news: Meta is working with banks to flag and remove scam accounts.

  • The social media giant’s partnerships let banks directly share data to identify scammers by training Meta’s system to better detect fraudulent accounts and links.
  • The new program, called Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE), has onboarded UK-based Metro Bank and NatWest. Meta plans to expand the initiative globally.