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Another Billionaire Is Suing Facebook For Scam Ads Using His Image
The post Another Billionaire Is Suing Facebook For Scam Ads Using His Image appeared first on Facecrooks. For months, Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has been locked in a legal battle with Facebook over scam ads that use his likeness to…
Facebook Is Again Being Investigated Over Child Safety Concerns
The post Facebook Is Again Being Investigated Over Child Safety Concerns appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has been repeatedly criticized and even sued by lawmakers and advocates around the world for intentionally creating addictive products and endangering young users. And…
Facebook Criticized For Collecting Users’ Images To Train AI
The post Facebook Criticized For Collecting Users’ Images To Train AI appeared first on Facecrooks. When Facebook first introduced its AI image generator tool, many privacy advocates sounded the alarm that the company would be using users’ own images to…
Facebook Criticized For Collecting Users’ Images To Train AI
The post Facebook Criticized For Collecting Users’ Images To Train AI appeared first on Facecrooks. When Facebook first introduced its AI image generator tool, many privacy advocates sounded the alarm that the company would be using users’ own images to…
Facebook Users Complain About Mass Tagging Attacks
The post Facebook Users Complain About Mass Tagging Attacks appeared first on Facecrooks. Receiving spam messages on Facebook is an unfortunate reality of using the platform. However, according to a report this week, an even more annoying form of spam…
Thousands Of Women Sent Naked Photos To Facebook “Lactation Consultant” Scammer
The post Thousands Of Women Sent Naked Photos To Facebook “Lactation Consultant” Scammer appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook scams come in many shapes and sizes, but the most troubling ones target people who are already in a vulnerable state. According…
New Mexico Attorney General Blasts Facebook Again For Failing To Stop Child Exploitation
The post New Mexico Attorney General Blasts Facebook Again For Failing To Stop Child Exploitation appeared first on Facecrooks. Earlier this year, the state of New Mexico launched one of the most aggressive lawsuits in the country against Facebook, accusing…
Facebook Accused Of Doing Nothing To Stop Taylor Swift Ticket Scams
The post Facebook Accused Of Doing Nothing To Stop Taylor Swift Ticket Scams appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook scammers always seek to capitalize on topics in the news to trick users into forking over money, and Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras…
Colorado Passes Law To Stop Facebook From Reading Your Thoughts
The post Colorado Passes Law To Stop Facebook From Reading Your Thoughts appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has built one of the largest businesses on the world on one simple fact: it owns more of our personal data than just…
Dangerous Militia Groups Are Organizing On Facebook Nationwide
The post Dangerous Militia Groups Are Organizing On Facebook Nationwide appeared first on Facecrooks. After the January 6 riots at the Capitol in 2021, Facebook made promises to crack down on militia groups organizing violent activity on its platforms. However,…
Lawsuit Claims Facebook Is Required To Give You More Control Of Your Own Feed
The post Lawsuit Claims Facebook Is Required To Give You More Control Of Your Own Feed appeared first on Facecrooks. For years, Facebook has been at odds with security and privacy researchers over the amount of access the company gives…
Facebook Faces Scrutiny For Allowing Russian Disinformation To Spread
The post Facebook Faces Scrutiny For Allowing Russian Disinformation To Spread appeared first on Facecrooks. Ever since the controversial 2016 presidential election in the US, Facebook has taken steps to detect and remove misinformation spreading on its platforms from hostile…
Fake AI-Generated Images Are Running Wild On Facebook
The post Fake AI-Generated Images Are Running Wild On Facebook appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook loves to brag about the potential for artificial intelligence to help its users. However, this technology can just as easily be used by bad actors…
Facebook Blasted By Regulators For Holding Onto Sensitive User Data For Too Long
The post Facebook Blasted By Regulators For Holding Onto Sensitive User Data For Too Long appeared first on Facecrooks. Over the years, Facebook has been fined billions of dollars in Europe for its reckless handling of user data and treatment…
Facebook Has Repeatedly “Interfered” With US Elections Since 2008
The post Facebook Has Repeatedly “Interfered” With US Elections Since 2008 appeared first on Facecrooks. For years, Facebook has been criticized for not doing enough to stop bad actors from using its platforms to influence elections. However, a new study…
Dutch Government Might Leave Facebook Over Privacy Concerns
The post Dutch Government Might Leave Facebook Over Privacy Concerns appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook often receives heavy criticism from European regulators over its data and privacy practices, and this week saw yet another example when the Dutch government threatened…
Facebook AI Makes Creepy Comment That It Has A Gifted, Disabled Child
The post Facebook AI Makes Creepy Comment That It Has A Gifted, Disabled Child appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook loves to tout the power of its cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology. However, as illustrated by a silly but troubling episode this…
Facebook Slammed For Censoring Content From Auschwitz Museum
The post Facebook Slammed For Censoring Content From Auschwitz Museum appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook often angers users with its content moderation practices, but the social media giant rarely screws up as badly as it did this week. According to…
Facebook’s Controversial “Consent Or Pay” Privacy Model Officially Shot Down
The post Facebook’s Controversial “Consent Or Pay” Privacy Model Officially Shot Down appeared first on Facecrooks. Last fall, Facebook rolled out a controversial business model for European users that required them to pay a monthly subscription fee to opt out…