Social Networks

Facebook says it took down 2.19 billion accounts in Q1 2019

Social network giant Facebook revealed it recently disabled billions of accounts operated by "bad actors" and that five percent of…

5 years ago

Facebook banned Archimedes Group, misinformation made in Israel

A new political misinformation campaign was uncovered and blocked by Facebook, this time it was not operated by Russia but…

5 years ago

Twitter inadvertently collected and shared iOS location data

Twitter confirmed revealed that a bug in its iOS app it the root cause for an inadvertent collection of location…

5 years ago

Facebook sues data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse

Facebook sues South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse and violation of social network's rules. Facebook filed…

5 years ago

Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook for Photo API bug

The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook $270,000 for the Photo API bug that exposed personal photos of 300,000…

5 years ago

Facebook funds research on the impact of social media on elections

Facebook is going to fund academic research on the impact of social media on elections, aimed at preventing manipulation of…

5 years ago

Russian Twitter bot activity increased in the wake Mueller report release

Experts at security firm SafeGuard reported that Russian Twitter bot activity raised up by 286 percent in the wake of…

5 years ago

60 Million records of LinkedIn users exposed online

Researcher discovered eight unsecured databases exposed online that contained approximately 60 million records of LinkedIn user data. Researcher Sanyam Jain…

5 years ago

Facebook admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users’ passwords in plaintext

Other problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users' passwords in plaintext Yesterday, Facebook made the…

5 years ago

Facebook ‘unintentionally’ collected contacts from 1.5 Million email accounts without permission

Facebook made the headlines once again for alleged violations of the privacy of its users, this time collecting contacts from…

5 years ago

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