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Report: Gun Ads Still Common On Facebook Despite Ban On Promoting Weapons
The post Report: Gun Ads Still Common On Facebook Despite Ban On Promoting Weapons appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has stringent rules dictating the kinds of ads that can be run on its platform. However, whether it enforces those rules…
Study: Facebook Segments Ads Based On Race, Age, Gender, And More
The post Study: Facebook Segments Ads Based On Race, Age, Gender, And More appeared first on Facecrooks. According to Facebook, its algorithm can help advertisers reach the perfect audience in a safe and effective way. However, according to a new…
Report: Gun Ads Still Common On Facebook Despite Ban On Promoting Weapons
The post Report: Gun Ads Still Common On Facebook Despite Ban On Promoting Weapons appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has stringent rules dictating the kinds of ads that can be run on its platform. However, whether it enforces those rules…
Afghans Targeted By Facebook Visa And Immigration Scams
The post Afghans Targeted By Facebook Visa And Immigration Scams appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook scammers often seek to capitalize on crises around the world by either soliciting sympathy or taking advantage of victims. The latter is the case in…
Lawmaker Presses Facebook To Explain Sensitive Health Data Collection
The post Lawmaker Presses Facebook To Explain Sensitive Health Data Collection appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is continuing to deal with the fallout from a data privacy issue that saw the company receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites.…
Afghans Targeted By Facebook Visa And Immigration Scams
The post Afghans Targeted By Facebook Visa And Immigration Scams appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook scammers often seek to capitalize on crises around the world by either soliciting sympathy or taking advantage of victims. The latter is the case in…
Lawmaker Presses Facebook To Explain Sensitive Health Data Collection
The post Lawmaker Presses Facebook To Explain Sensitive Health Data Collection appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is continuing to deal with the fallout from a data privacy issue that saw the company receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites.…
Facebook Oversight Board Gives Itself The Power To Put Warning Labels On Content
The post Facebook Oversight Board Gives Itself The Power To Put Warning Labels On Content appeared first on Facecrooks. When Facebook created its independent Oversight Board, the company wanted an organization to help solve its trickiest content moderation issues. However,…
Report: Dozens Of Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Companies For Sending Facebook User Data Without Consent
The post Report: Dozens Of Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Companies For Sending Facebook User Data Without Consent appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has a bottomless appetite for gathering user data, but this quest doesn’t end on the platform itself.…
New Facebook Malware Campaign Is Hijacking Business Accounts
The post New Facebook Malware Campaign Is Hijacking Business Accounts appeared first on Facecrooks. Yet another insidious Facebook scam aiming to steal users’ hard-earned money has come to light this week. According to a team of security researchers at Zscaler,…
New Facebook Malware Campaign Is Hijacking Business Accounts
The post New Facebook Malware Campaign Is Hijacking Business Accounts appeared first on Facecrooks. Yet another insidious Facebook scam aiming to steal users’ hard-earned money has come to light this week. According to a team of security researchers at Zscaler,…
Report: Dozens Of Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Companies For Sending Facebook User Data Without Consent
The post Report: Dozens Of Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Companies For Sending Facebook User Data Without Consent appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has a bottomless appetite for gathering user data, but this quest doesn’t end on the platform itself.…
Report: Facebook Continues To Profit Off Ads Slandering LGBTQ Community
The post Report: Facebook Continues To Profit Off Ads Slandering LGBTQ Community appeared first on Facecrooks. This summer, Facebook pledged to crack down on content that baselessly called the LGBTQ community or individuals “groomers.” However, despite this policy, the advocacy…
Facebook Banned Abroad For Being An “Extremist” Group
The post Facebook Banned Abroad For Being An “Extremist” Group appeared first on Facecrooks. For as much trouble as Facebook faces here at home in the States, it must deal with even more abroad. This week, Russian politicians added Meta…
Report: Emojis Are Being Used To Easily Hide From Facebook’s Content Moderation Tools
The post Report: Emojis Are Being Used To Easily Hide From Facebook’s Content Moderation Tools appeared first on Facecrooks. Despite all of Facebook’s advances in artificial intelligence technology, it’s still disturbingly easy for bad actors to find ways to share…
Report: Facebook Continues To Profit Off Ads Slandering LGBTQ Community
The post Report: Facebook Continues To Profit Off Ads Slandering LGBTQ Community appeared first on Facecrooks. This summer, Facebook pledged to crack down on content that baselessly called the LGBTQ community or individuals “groomers.” However, despite this policy, the advocacy…
Facebook Banned Abroad For Being An “Extremist” Group
The post Facebook Banned Abroad For Being An “Extremist” Group appeared first on Facecrooks. For as much trouble as Facebook faces here at home in the States, it must deal with even more abroad. This week, Russian politicians added Meta…
Report: Emojis Are Being Used To Easily Hide From Facebook’s Content Moderation Tools
The post Report: Emojis Are Being Used To Easily Hide From Facebook’s Content Moderation Tools appeared first on Facecrooks. Despite all of Facebook’s advances in artificial intelligence technology, it’s still disturbingly easy for bad actors to find ways to share…
Business Owner Says Facebook Unnecessarily Blocking Ads For Charity
The post Business Owner Says Facebook Unnecessarily Blocking Ads For Charity appeared first on Facecrooks. After Hurricane Ian ripped through Florida several weeks ago, an apparel company owner in Georgia decided to print “Florida Strong” t-shirts to help raise money…
Report: Facebook Is Still Autogenerating Pages For Extremist Groups
The post Report: Facebook Is Still Autogenerating Pages For Extremist Groups appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook loves to tout the power of artificial intelligence to solve its many problems. However, its own algorithm is often the thing that gets the…
Facebook Warns 1 Million Users That Their Account Info May Have Been Compromised By Scammy Apps
The post Facebook Warns 1 Million Users That Their Account Info May Have Been Compromised By Scammy Apps appeared first on Facecrooks. Ever since the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal, Facebook has understood it has a problem with shady third-party…
Report: Facebook Is Still Autogenerating Pages For Extremist Groups
The post Report: Facebook Is Still Autogenerating Pages For Extremist Groups appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook loves to tout the power of artificial intelligence to solve its many problems. However, its own algorithm is often the thing that gets the…
Facebook Settles “Significant” Lawsuit Against Two Companies Scraping User Data
The post Facebook Settles “Significant” Lawsuit Against Two Companies Scraping User Data appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook’s business model relies on collecting as much of our data as possible to monetize it for advertising revenue. Perhaps that’s why the social…
Supreme Court To Consider If Facebook Can Be Held Liable For Content Recommendations
The post Supreme Court To Consider If Facebook Can Be Held Liable For Content Recommendations appeared first on Facecrooks. For decades, tech companies have been able to avoid being held criminally liable for the content that appears on their platforms…
Prominent International Organization Calls On Facebook To Pay Reparations For Role In Inciting Violence
The post Prominent International Organization Calls On Facebook To Pay Reparations For Role In Inciting Violence appeared first on Facecrooks. For years, Facebook has drawn harsh criticism from experts and advocates that it hasn’t done enough to stop the spread…
Facebook Removes Network Of China-Based Accounts Impersonating Americans
The post Facebook Removes Network Of China-Based Accounts Impersonating Americans appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s not unusual for bad actors to spread misinformation, spam, and other harmful material on Facebook. However, much of that content increasingly originates in foreign countries…
Orchestrated Bot Attack Harvests Facebook User Data
The post Orchestrated Bot Attack Harvests Facebook User Data appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s always important to be careful what links you click on Facebook because you never know how they could be used to collect your data. A great…
Facebook Removes Network Of China-Based Accounts Impersonating Americans
The post Facebook Removes Network Of China-Based Accounts Impersonating Americans appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s not unusual for bad actors to spread misinformation, spam, and other harmful material on Facebook. However, much of that content increasingly originates in foreign countries…
Orchestrated Bot Attack Harvests Facebook User Data
The post Orchestrated Bot Attack Harvests Facebook User Data appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s always important to be careful what links you click on Facebook because you never know how they could be used to collect your data. A great…
New Lawsuit Accuses Facebook Of “Side-Stepping” Apple Privacy Protections To Collect User Data
The post New Lawsuit Accuses Facebook Of “Side-Stepping” Apple Privacy Protections To Collect User Data appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook’s business took a big hit last year when Apple introduced an iOS update that forced the social media giant and…
Facebook Experimenting With Letting Users Help Write Content Moderation Policies
The post Facebook Experimenting With Letting Users Help Write Content Moderation Policies appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook regularly faces blowback and controversies over how it handles content moderation issues. That’s what led the company to create an independent Oversight Board…
Facebook Under Pressure From Lawmakers To Explain Collection Of Private Healthcare Data
The post Facebook Under Pressure From Lawmakers To Explain Collection Of Private Healthcare Data appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a bombshell report earlier this summer from The Markup, a Facebook pixel tracking tool has been quietly collecting patients’ private…
Facebook Experimenting With Letting Users Help Write Content Moderation Policies
The post Facebook Experimenting With Letting Users Help Write Content Moderation Policies appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook regularly faces blowback and controversies over how it handles content moderation issues. That’s what led the company to create an independent Oversight Board…
Unsealed Docs In App Privacy Suit Reveal Wide Access To Facebook User Data
The post Unsealed Docs In App Privacy Suit Reveal Wide Access To Facebook User Data appeared first on Facecrooks. In 2018, Facebook’s troubling data practices were exposed to the world through the Cambridge Analytica scandal. During that controversy, it was…
Facebook Under Pressure From Lawmakers To Explain Collection Of Private Healthcare Data
The post Facebook Under Pressure From Lawmakers To Explain Collection Of Private Healthcare Data appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a bombshell report earlier this summer from The Markup, a Facebook pixel tracking tool has been quietly collecting patients’ private…
Unsealed Docs In App Privacy Suit Reveal Wide Access To Facebook User Data
The post Unsealed Docs In App Privacy Suit Reveal Wide Access To Facebook User Data appeared first on Facecrooks. In 2018, Facebook’s troubling data practices were exposed to the world through the Cambridge Analytica scandal. During that controversy, it was…
Facebook Reverses Ban On Holocaust-Themed Movie
The post Facebook Reverses Ban On Holocaust-Themed Movie appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook often finds itself in hot water over its content moderation decisions — whether it acts too aggressively or not aggressively enough. This week, the social media giant…
Former Facebook Leader Says The Company Prioritizes Profit Over User Safety
The post Former Facebook Leader Says The Company Prioritizes Profit Over User Safety appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook regularly faces accusations that it prioritizes its financial bottom line over the safety of its users. However, those criticisms have a lot…
Conservative Lawmakers Demand The White House Hand Over Facebook “Misinformation” Records
The post Conservative Lawmakers Demand The White House Hand Over Facebook “Misinformation” Records appeared first on Facecrooks. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the U.S. have a long and troubled history with Facebook. So it’s not surprising that…
US Lawmakers Press Facebook On Crypto Scam Policies
The post US Lawmakers Press Facebook On Crypto Scam Policies appeared first on Facecrooks. Because of their size and reach, many Meta-owned platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are often used by financial scammers. The nature of these scams has…
Meta Disbands Team Studying Negative Impacts Of Facebook, Instagram
The post Meta Disbands Team Studying Negative Impacts Of Facebook, Instagram appeared first on Facecrooks. Following a devastating financial report, Facebook has recently begun major cost-cutting measures. And of course, one of the first things to go is the company’s…
Facebook Accused Of Fueling Violence And Misinformation In South America
The post Facebook Accused Of Fueling Violence And Misinformation In South America appeared first on Facecrooks. Following the 2020 presidential election in the U.S., Facebook was accused of amplifying misinformation and offensive speech that contributed in part to the violence…
Meta Fined $400 Million For Failing To Protect Privacy Of Young Users
The post Meta Fined $400 Million For Failing To Protect Privacy Of Young Users appeared first on Facecrooks. Over the past several years, Facebook has dealt with increasingly strong privacy regulations around the world. Another example of that occurred this…
State Attorneys General Accuse White House Of Pressuring Facebook To Censor Information
The post State Attorneys General Accuse White House Of Pressuring Facebook To Censor Information appeared first on Facecrooks. In the last several weeks, Facebook has been under fire for its close relationship with law enforcement agencies. That controversy expanded even…
California Passes New Bill Protecting Children’s Privacy On Facebook
The post California Passes New Bill Protecting Children’s Privacy On Facebook appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, lawmakers in California passed a sweeping new bill to protect the privacy and well-being of young Facebook users. The legislation is designed to…
Judge Rules That It’s OK For FBI To Grab User Data From Facebook
The post Judge Rules That It’s OK For FBI To Grab User Data From Facebook appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook’s relationship with the FBI has been in the news lately over revelations that the social media giant slowed the spread…
Lawmakers Press Facebook For More Information On Communication With The FBI
The post Lawmakers Press Facebook For More Information On Communication With The FBI appeared first on Facecrooks. In a controversial interview last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the FBI approached the company in the runup to the 2020…
Facebook Agrees To Settle Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Lawsuit At The Last Minute
The post Facebook Agrees To Settle Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Lawsuit At The Last Minute appeared first on Facecrooks. The 2018 Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal was one of the biggest privacy controversies to ever rock the social media giant.…
Facebook Removes Pro-U.S. Disinformation Campaign
The post Facebook Removes Pro-U.S. Disinformation Campaign appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is no stranger to detecting and removing misinformation and other harmful content originating in foreign countries. However, according to a report this week, the company has also cracked…
Strange Facebook Bug Spams Users With Celebrity Posts
The post Strange Facebook Bug Spams Users With Celebrity Posts appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s not unusual for Facebook to experience brief global outages. However, a strange bug exploded on the platform this week that caused posts from celebrity accounts…
Facebook Reaches $37.5 Million Settlement In Location Tracking Lawsuit
The post Facebook Reaches $37.5 Million Settlement In Location Tracking Lawsuit appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Facebook’s parent company Meta reached a $37.5 million settlement in a class action suit accusing the company of tracking users’ locations through their…
UK Official Says Facebook Risks “Grotesque Betrayal” Of Children If It Doesn’t Create Safeguards Against Abuse
The post UK Official Says Facebook Risks “Grotesque Betrayal” Of Children If It Doesn’t Create Safeguards Against Abuse appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has long promised the introduction of end-to-end encryption to its messaging services to better protect user privacy.…
Report: Facebook Is Profiting On White Supremacist Groups Through Ads
The post Report: Facebook Is Profiting On White Supremacist Groups Through Ads appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a recent report from the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project (TTP), Facebook is profiting on searches and ads for known white supremacist groups…
Report: Facebook Is Failing To Detect Blatant Misinformation Ahead Of 2022 International Elections
The post Report: Facebook Is Failing To Detect Blatant Misinformation Ahead Of 2022 International Elections appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a report this week from the watchdog organization Global Witness, Facebook is once again failing to detect obvious misinformation…
Facebook Scammers Steal Thousands Posing As Restaurant Supplier Brand
The post Facebook Scammers Steal Thousands Posing As Restaurant Supplier Brand appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a report this week in Eater magazine, Facebook scammers have stolen over $200,000 impersonating luxury restaurant supplier Regalis Foods. According to the real…
Meta’s Own AI Chatbot Criticizes Facebook, Says That It “Exploits People”
The post Meta’s Own AI Chatbot Criticizes Facebook, Says That It “Exploits People” appeared first on Facecrooks. When Facebook’s parent company Meta introduced an AI chatbot to host test conversations with users, it probably didn’t anticipate how quickly the tech…
Facebook Turns Over Private User Data To Police In Abortion Case
The post Facebook Turns Over Private User Data To Police In Abortion Case appeared first on Facecrooks. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many privacy experts sounded the alarm on what Facebook could potentially do with users’ sensitive…
Facebook Is Being Sued For $50 Million For Not Taking Down An Imposter Page
The post Facebook Is Being Sued For $50 Million For Not Taking Down An Imposter Page appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, a court in Canada ruled that Facebook can’t toss the case of a man suing the social media…
Facebook Says A Cyber Espionage Group Is Spying On Users Via Malware
The post Facebook Says A Cyber Espionage Group Is Spying On Users Via Malware appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a report released from Facebook this week, a hacker group based out of India and Pakistan is spying on thousands…
Report: Facebook Is Profiting Off Ads Featuring Abortion Misinformation
The post Report: Facebook Is Profiting Off Ads Featuring Abortion Misinformation appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a new report from the advocacy group Media Matters, Facebook is directly profiting from content spreading health misinformation despite the platform’s rules against…
Ukraine Wants Facebook To Stop “Unfair” Blocking Of Posts
The post Ukraine Wants Facebook To Stop “Unfair” Blocking Of Posts appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook often finds itself in hot water around the world for its content moderation decisions. The latest flash point arrived this week in Ukraine, where…
Facebook Hit With Another Lawsuit Over Healthcare Data Privacy
The post Facebook Hit With Another Lawsuit Over Healthcare Data Privacy appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, it was revealed that Facebook is facing another federal class action lawsuit for allegedly gathering a patient’s sensitive medical data without her consent.…
Kenyan Government Orders Facebook To Tackle Hate Speech Problem Immediately
The post Kenyan Government Orders Facebook To Tackle Hate Speech Problem Immediately appeared first on Facecrooks. For years, Facebook has faced criticism over how it handles hate speech around elections both in the U.S. and abroad. Now, a major African…
Facebook May Allow COVID Misinformation Back On Its Platforms
The post Facebook May Allow COVID Misinformation Back On Its Platforms appeared first on Facecrooks. Over the past two years as the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the world, Facebook took drastic measures to crack down on misinformation surrounding the disease…
New Malware Threat Hacks Facebook Business Accounts
The post New Malware Threat Hacks Facebook Business Accounts appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a team of security researchers, there is an ongoing cybercriminal campaign to target marketing and HR professionals with malware in order to hijack their Facebook…
UK Cybersecurity Leaders Want Facebook To Scan For Child Abuse Imagery On Users’ Phones
The post UK Cybersecurity Leaders Want Facebook To Scan For Child Abuse Imagery On Users’ Phones appeared first on Facecrooks. The UK government has long been skeptical of Facebook’s plans to build end-to-end encryption into its products, believing that this…
Experts Raise Concerns About Facebook Gathering Data From Mental Health Care Apps
The post Experts Raise Concerns About Facebook Gathering Data From Mental Health Care Apps appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook’s business model relies on gathering as much of our personal info as possible, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that…
Amazon Is Suing 10,000 Facebook Group Administrators For Fake Review Scheme
The post Amazon Is Suing 10,000 Facebook Group Administrators For Fake Review Scheme appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Amazon announced that it is taking legal action against the administrators of over 10,000 Facebook groups for allegedly facilitating a fake…
Facebook Makes It Harder For Users To Protect Their Privacy And Stop URL Tracking
The post Facebook Makes It Harder For Users To Protect Their Privacy And Stop URL Tracking appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a report this week from Ghacks Technology News, Facebook has begun using a different URL scheme for site…
Regulator: Facebook Marketplace Is Full Of Banned And Recalled Products
The post Regulator: Facebook Marketplace Is Full Of Banned And Recalled Products appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Facebook Marketplace came under fire once again for allegedly hosting bad actors who are selling dangerous products to unsuspecting users. Previously, the…
Advocates Say Facebook Is Failing To Protect LGBTQ Users
The post Advocates Say Facebook Is Failing To Protect LGBTQ Users appeared first on Facecrooks. According to a report from advocacy group GLAAD published this week, Facebook and other social media giants are failing to protect LGBTQ users from hate…
Meta Boosts User Privacy By Ending Facebook Login Requirement For Metaverse
The post Meta Boosts User Privacy By Ending Facebook Login Requirement For Metaverse appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Facebook parent company Meta announced that it will no longer require a Facebook login for users to access the metaverse and…
Facebook Could Soon Face Ban On U.S.-EU User Data Transfers
The post Facebook Could Soon Face Ban On U.S.-EU User Data Transfers appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Irish data privacy regulators shared an updated draft order with other EU officials that could stop Facebook and Instagram from transferring all…
Lawsuit Accuses Facebook Of Accessing Deleted User Data And Sharing It With Law Enforcement
The post Lawsuit Accuses Facebook Of Accessing Deleted User Data And Sharing It With Law Enforcement appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, a former Facebook employee filed a lawsuit against the company accusing it of firing him for raising concerns…
Meta Sues Chinese Company For Scraping Facebook And Instagram User Data
The post Meta Sues Chinese Company For Scraping Facebook And Instagram User Data appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Facebook parent company Meta announced that it is suing the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese company for allegedly scraping the data…
Mark Zuckerberg Tells Facebook Employees That Encryption Will Protect Users Seeking Abortions
The post Mark Zuckerberg Tells Facebook Employees That Encryption Will Protect Users Seeking Abortions appeared first on Facecrooks. Since the landmark Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, privacy advocates and Facebook employees alike have pressed the company to…
Facebook Asks Court To “Crack The Whip” To Silence Black Whistleblower
The post Facebook Asks Court To “Crack The Whip” To Silence Black Whistleblower appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is dealing with so many controversies here in the U.S. it can be easy to forget the company’s troubles abroad. One such…
Facebook Wrestles With Decision To Share User Data With Law Enforcement Following Roe V. Wade Decision
The post Facebook Wrestles With Decision To Share User Data With Law Enforcement Following Roe V. Wade Decision appeared first on Facecrooks. Following last week’s monumental Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, many privacy advocates have pressed Facebook…
Report: Facebook Bans Users Who Say They Will Mail Abortion Pills
The post Report: Facebook Bans Users Who Say They Will Mail Abortion Pills appeared first on Facecrooks. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and effectively ban abortion in much of the country, Facebook is already…
Report: Facebook Is Showing Cancer Patients Ads With Medical Misinformation
The post Report: Facebook Is Showing Cancer Patients Ads With Medical Misinformation appeared first on Facecrooks. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook and its parent company Meta vowed to do a better job cracking down on medical misinformation on the platform.…
Report: Facebook Is Deprioritizing Election Misinformation
The post Report: Facebook Is Deprioritizing Election Misinformation appeared first on Facecrooks. Following the U.S. presidential election in 2016, Facebook came under heavy criticism for its handling of misinformation and foreign interference. Afterward, the company pledged to keep a closer…
Facebook’s Own Oversight Board Says It Needs To Be Much More Transparent
The post Facebook’s Own Oversight Board Says It Needs To Be Much More Transparent appeared first on Facecrooks. In its first-ever annual report, Facebook’s independent Oversight Board has called on the company to be far more transparent with the public…
Facebook Agrees To End Allegedly Discriminatory Ad Practices
The post Facebook Agrees To End Allegedly Discriminatory Ad Practices appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook’s advertising practices have quietly been under fire from the federal government for several years after allegations arose that the system could be used to discriminate…
Report: Hospital Websites Are Sending Sensitive Data To Facebook
The post Report: Hospital Websites Are Sending Sensitive Data To Facebook appeared first on Facecrooks. On tens of thousands of pages across the Internet, Facebook has installed a convenient log-in button to help users more quickly access websites. However, this…
Report: Facebook Fails To Detect Obvious Hate Speech In Ads
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Report: Facebook Fails To Detect Obvious Hate Speech In Ads appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has long struggled to contain the spread of hate speech on its platform, particularly when the…
European Union Preparing To Crack Down On Facebook Deepfake Videos
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post European Union Preparing To Crack Down On Facebook Deepfake Videos appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has struggled for years to contain the spread of misinformation on its platform, and perhaps the…
Report: Facebook Gives Gun Sellers 10 Strikes Before Kicking Them Off The Platform
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Report: Facebook Gives Gun Sellers 10 Strikes Before Kicking Them Off The Platform appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook explicitly bans the sale of guns on its platform under its terms of…
Entrepreneur Struggles To Regain Access To Hacked Facebook Accounts
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Entrepreneur Struggles To Regain Access To Hacked Facebook Accounts appeared first on Facecrooks. Once your Facebook account has been breached by hackers, it can prove extremely difficult to get it back.…
Facebook Whistleblower Accuses Company Of Failing To Remove Fake Account Network Run By Politician
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Facebook Whistleblower Accuses Company Of Failing To Remove Fake Account Network Run By Politician appeared first on Facecrooks. As part of its day-to-day content moderation, Facebook routinely removes scores of networks…
Facebook Faces Massive Suit Alleging It Put Users’ Profiles In Sponsored Advertising
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Facebook Faces Massive Suit Alleging It Put Users’ Profiles In Sponsored Advertising appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is no stranger to massive privacy lawsuits here in the US. Just recently, the…
Facebook Whistleblower Believes The Company Can’t Recover Until Zuckerberg Steps Down
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Facebook Whistleblower Believes The Company Can’t Recover Until Zuckerberg Steps Down appeared first on Facecrooks. Last fall, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen went public with thousands of internal documents revealing the social…
Report: Facebook Hosts A Stunning Amount Of Cryptocurrency Fraud
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Report: Facebook Hosts A Stunning Amount Of Cryptocurrency Fraud appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s an unfortunate reality of Facebook that many cybercriminals abuse the platform to scam unsuspecting users. And according…
Meta Sees Huge Rise In Hate Speech And Violent Content Across Its Platforms In April
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Meta Sees Huge Rise In Hate Speech And Violent Content Across Its Platforms In April appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has taken many steps over the past several years to address…
Apple Attacks Facebook Over Privacy Practices In New Ad
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Apple Attacks Facebook Over Privacy Practices In New Ad appeared first on Facecrooks. The ongoing privacy feud between Apple and Facebook escalated yet again last week when Apple introduced a bold…
Report: Facebook Profited Off Ads Promoting White Supremacist Content
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Report: Facebook Profited Off Ads Promoting White Supremacist Content appeared first on Facecrooks. Earlier this month, a gunman allegedly inspired by a white supremacist conspiracy theory shot up a supermarket in…
Facebook Updates Its Privacy Policy And Releases New Tools
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Facebook Updates Its Privacy Policy And Releases New Tools appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook often touts the range of privacy tools that it offers its users. However, its policies can be…
Facebook Algorithm Reveals A Lot Of Spam In Top Shared Links
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Facebook Algorithm Reveals A Lot Of Spam In Top Shared Links appeared first on Facecrooks. Last week, Facebook parent company Meta released its quarterly “widely-viewed content report” that details the most-viewed…
Report: Facebook Is Struggling To Remove Videos Of Buffalo Shooting
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Report: Facebook Is Struggling To Remove Videos Of Buffalo Shooting appeared first on Facecrooks. Last weekend, ten people were killed in a horrific mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New…
Australian Regulators Call For Stronger Ban On Fraudulent Facebook Advertisements
This article has been indexed from Facecrooks The post Australian Regulators Call For Stronger Ban On Fraudulent Facebook Advertisements appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s not exactly breaking news that financial scams are all too common on Facebook. However, some government…