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Millions of scam accounts have been removed from WhatsApp. Meta, the popular messaging app's parent company, has claimed it took down 6.8million accounts which were linked to scams in the first half of this year. ‌

The tech giant says that many of these suspicious accounts were tied to organised criminals in South East Asia, who often used forced labour to carry out scams targeting users all over the world. ‌

It comes as Meta announced new safety measures for WhatsApp, which aim to warn users of potential scams and fraudulent activity. This mass deletion of millions of accounts specifically targeted criminal operations which involve adding users to group chats to promote false investment schemes and other scams. ‌

And as AI continues to evolve, these scams have only

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