Facebook

The New York Times and Facebook Appear to Be Arguing

On November 14, 2018, The New York Times posted a lengthy article titled: “Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis”. Facebook responded on November 15, 2018, with a post of its own, titled “New York Times Update.”…

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Facebook
Facebook Removed Additional Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior

Facebook Removed Additional Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior

Facebook announced that it removed 82 Pages, Groups and accounts “for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK”. This follows Facebook’s previous removal of 559 Pages and 251 accounts “that have consistently…

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Facebook

Facebook Fined For Cambridge Analytica Fiasco

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook GB£500,000 for data breaches relating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. That’s about  US$650,000. The ICO’s investigation into the activities of Facebook is highly critical of Facebook’s laissez-faire approach to user’s data. For…

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Andrew
Facebook, Privacy

Facebook Portal Will Spy On You After All

As reported by Recode, and with a small dose of “Told you so“, Facebook has clarified that it will spy on you using its new Portal devices after all. In an email sent to Recode, Facebook said, “Portal voice calling…

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Andrew
Facebook

Facebook Says Private Information was Stolen

Facebook revealed more information about the security issue that affected the privacy of many Facebook user’s information. The update provided by Facebook includes unsettling news. Facebook now says that out of the 50 million people whose access tokens were affected…

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