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>>> A new brunswick woman is "going public" after her facebook account was hacked and then hijacked. Scammers targeting her friends, while the social media company did nothing to stop it. "go public" found that the woman is one of many being targeted in a scam that the social media giant is allowing to run rampant. >> We have stayed in touch through facebook and messenger, right, over the years. >> Reporter: these former neighbours were reunited after being sucked into a facebook scam that is designed to play on the goodwill of friends. Here's what happened -- a fraudster hacked lisa lowry's account, pretending to her, they posted an ad claiming that she was selling her dad's things after he moved into long-term care. Several friends sent e-TRANSFER deposits and losing thousands of dollars, including carol stevens. >> I thought that it was my friend, lisa. And she is the most honest, trustworthy person that I know. >> Reporter: lisa and her friends repeatedly reported the crime in progress to facebook. But the company did nothing to stop it. >> They had a lot of people saying that this is a scam, and they didn't do anything about it. >> Reporter: last year, canadians lost a reported $174 million in social media scams. According to the canadian anti-fraud centre. And there's more -- "go public" found page after page of the same scam running rampant on facebook, the same words -- same photos. So we asked meta, the company behind facebook, why it is failing to remove a scam that it already knows about. It didn't respond. >> As a result, what turns -- what starts as a small issue is exacerbated into a massive identity theft or identity fraud. >> Reporter: meta made about $185 billion in revenue last year. The cybercrime expert says that it is time that it invests more into protecting users. >> The orginisations need to respond to people's actual needs. >> Reporter: posing as a customer "go public" contacted several of the scammers. He wants $300 upfront, okay. When we called one of them out and asked if facebook had ever shut them down, they didn't seem worried. Meta says that 15,000 reviewers across the globe review possible violations on facebook and instagram and receive in-depth training. The two women say they have lost trust in social media but they're grateful to have someone they can trust back in their lives. >> We will not go so long before our next visit together. >> Reporter: rosa marchitelli, cbc news, calgary. >> Erica:OUR "go public" stories come from you. If you have a tip that you would like them to investigate, send an email to gopublic@cbc.ca.

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>>> Québec's premier is suggesting that the province could move to ban social media for kids under the age of 16. Kwabena oduro shows us there's broad agreement on the harms of social media, but not everyone is onboard with a ban. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: speaking at his party convention, québec premier françois legault now says that he is open to a ban for social media for those under 16, calling social media platforms virtual pushers. This 16-year-old agrees that there has to be limits. >> I don't think that it would be too much of a limit for that banning to happen. I think that there are a lot of mental health issues that are caused due to -- due in part to social media. >> Reporter: experts say that social media is linked to the rise in negative body image, depression and anxiety in young people. >> It's really that social media ban before the age of 16, before they're ready for, um, the intimidation, the further action to handle the vulnerability that we know that social media offers. >> Reporter: in florida they have banned anyone from under age 14 from setting up social media accounts. But when it comes to social media accounts here, parents worry that children might find a way to bypass those age requirements. >> It won't change anything, you can't enforce it, and it could also be viewed as stifling free speech in a way. However -- however, there's ways that we can teach people how to responsibly use it. >> Reporter: still, some experts say that a universal ban sends an important message. >> With more people banding together and enforcing similar rules, and obviously coming from the government, I think that it would have a significant impact. >> Reporter: legault says that he wants to start a new committee to study the social media impacts on the health and the development of young people. No deadline has been set yet for the study. Kwabena oduro, cbc news, montréal. >> Erica: now we dig deeper into the stories shaping our world. ( ) on a special night for women's hockey, canada's sarah nurse gets personal about the pwhl and its exciting opportunity. >> Like little girls being like, I can't believe that I have a league to play in one day. >> Erica: but, first, how drake put his millions of dollars to work. >> Reporter: let's talk about protecting that wealth. >> When you have that amount of net worth, you kind of have a bull's eye or a target on you. >> Erica: there's a line of defense to safeguard his fortune. Drake's escalading feud with kendrick lamar got his critics raising questions about the companies owned by the toronto rapper. So while the two stars traded insults and bad-mouth rap songs, we did some digging. [ singing ] >> All right put out two diss tracks. >> Kendrick lamar dropped his diss track against drake. I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk >> Reporter: some people are digging into the toronto rapper's companies and it turns out that he's got a lot of them. Tweets that got hundreds thousands of views shows that drake owns at least 20 companies. What does that mean? And does it point to anything unusual? Now I looked close intoar this and we got access to some of the records that this stems from. The U.S. documents show that he has or had at least 52 incorporated entities, listing aubrey d. Graham, his legal name, as manager and C.E.O. >> In the u.s., the second that you say oh, let's start this business -- the first thing you would do is to create an llc, it protects you from liability >> Reporter: let's break this down. >> Hey, I'm ru and I'm an addict. >> Reporter: there are nine companies using the name dream crew, and there's 18 that feature his initials. Another four shows away from home, a reference to a song and two that reference owls, drake's trademark symbol for his company known as ovo. And a company with the name strix, which in mythology is an owl that eats humans. One is even called silence policy. >> So you want to keep every single one of those businesses, in effect, segregated in the sense that any risks related to that product and getting sued or going broke or anything to do with that particular project -- are isolated to that particular project and the assets of that particular entity and it doesn't sort of bring the rest of your entire business empire down. >> Reporter:NOW estimates put drake's net worth around $250 million. Let's talk about that wealth. >> It's very common with high wealth to have vulnerability. And that is a form of asset protection, you know, when you have that amount of network you have a bull's eye or a target on you.

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