Yesterday, Facebook's head of security Nathaniel Gleicher announced that the platform had removed 155 accounts, 11 pages, 9 groups, and 6 Instagram accounts for violating policies against foreign …
Facebook May Have to Stop Moving EU User Data to US
A recent court ruling found that some trans-Atlantic data transfers may be subject to American cybersecurity laws, putting European Facebook users at risk. Due to the difference between US …
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Facebook Expands Policy to Take Down QAnon and US Militias
Facebook has expanded its policy on removing fake news and information, restricting roughly 10,000 groups from its platforms. QAnon, a major US-based conspiracy theory outfit, was part of Facebook's …
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Facebook sued over fact-check messages on anti-vaccination posts
On Monday, the Children's Health Defense (CHD) which is lead by Robert Kennedy Jr., filed a lawsuit against Facebook for its regulation of news related to anti-vaccination posts, which the …
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Facebook and Instagram ban all posts promoting conversion therapy
On Thursday, Instagram announced that it planned to ban all forms of content promoting conversion therapy, which is a highly controversial practice consisting of forcefully changing an individual's …
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Facebook Pulls Trump Campaign Ad Featuring Nazi Symbol
Facebook has made the decision to remove advertising for Donald Trump's re-election campaign because it featured a symbol that is heavily associated with Nazi Germany. The advertisements, which stated …
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WolfRAT Android Malware Targets WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger
A new Android malware family has been identified by security researchers after it was repeatedly spotted in campaigns against Thai targets. According to researchers, the malware family, dubbed …
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Facebook Offers $50K For AI That Can Detect Hateful Memes
Facebook prides themselves in delivering content on their site that is pre-filtered for hate speech. However, the commonly shared meme is a multimodal content that Facebook’a AI struggles to …
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267 million Facebook profiles sold for $600 on the dark web
Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered 267 million Facebook profiles being sold on dark web sites and hacker forums for over $600 apiece. Diachenko uncovered the stolen account credentials for …
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Russian telco hijacks internet traffic for Google, AWS, Cloudflare, and others
A Russian state-owned telecommunications provider intercepted internet traffic meant for 200 of the world's biggest content delivery networks (CDNs) and cloud hosting providers. The telecommunications …