{"id":16087,"date":"2024-10-02T08:39:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T06:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/02\/more-than-9000-scam-facebook-pages-deleted-after-australians-lose-43-4m-to-celebrity-deepfakes\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T08:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T06:39:25","slug":"more-than-9000-scam-facebook-pages-deleted-after-australians-lose-43-4m-to-celebrity-deepfakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/02\/more-than-9000-scam-facebook-pages-deleted-after-australians-lose-43-4m-to-celebrity-deepfakes\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 9,000 scam Facebook pages deleted after Australians lose $43.4m to celebrity deepfakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta\u2019s new Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (Fire) tool to work with seven banks in a bid to tackle scams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a 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