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Facebook deleted Russia-Linked efforts focusing on Ukraine ahead of the electionFacebook deleted Russia-Linked efforts focusing on Ukraine ahead of the election

Facebook deleted Russia-Linked efforts focusing on Ukraine ahead of the election

Facebook recently announced that it removed multiple pages, groups, and accounts tied to Russia involved in psyops ahead of the…

6 years ago
Facebook is going to stop Huawei pre-installing apps on mobile devicesFacebook is going to stop Huawei pre-installing apps on mobile devices

Facebook is going to stop Huawei pre-installing apps on mobile devices

Facebook announced it would stop Huawei from pre-installing social networking apps on its smartphones to comply with US sanctions. Facebook…

6 years ago
Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook for Photo API bugTurkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook for Photo API bug

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…

6 years ago
Facebook funds research on the impact of social media on electionsFacebook funds research on the impact of social media on elections

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…

6 years ago
60 Million records of LinkedIn users exposed online60 Million records of LinkedIn users exposed online

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…

6 years ago
Facebook ‘unintentionally’ collected contacts from 1.5 Million email accounts without permissionFacebook ‘unintentionally’ collected contacts from 1.5 Million email accounts without permission

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…

6 years ago
A bug in Facebook Photo API exposed photos of 6.8 Million usersA bug in Facebook Photo API exposed photos of 6.8 Million users

A bug in Facebook Photo API exposed photos of 6.8 Million users

New problems for Facebook, the social network giant announced that a bug related to Photo API could have allowed third-party…

7 years ago
British MP: Facebook was aware about Russian activity at least since 2014British MP: Facebook was aware about Russian activity at least since 2014

British MP: Facebook was aware about Russian activity at least since 2014

A British MP claims Facebook was ware about Russian political interference in 2014, long before the events become public. The British…

7 years ago
Israel Defense Forces were searching systems to spy on private social media messagesIsrael Defense Forces were searching systems to spy on private social media messages

Israel Defense Forces were searching systems to spy on private social media messages

The Israel Defense Forces has bid to obtain spying systems that will allow monitoring of the private messages of social…

7 years ago
Duo Security created open tools and techniques to identify large Twitter botnetDuo Security created open tools and techniques to identify large Twitter botnet

Duo Security created open tools and techniques to identify large Twitter botnet

Researchers at security firm Duo Security have created a set of open source tools and disclosed techniques that could be…

7 years ago