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Report: The Government Wants Facebook’s Data To Fight Coronavirus
The post Report: The Government Wants Facebook’s Data To Fight Coronavirus appeared first on Facecrooks. The U.S. government is reportedly in discussions with Facebook, Google and other major tech companies to use location and movement data from Americans’ smartphones in…
Face Mask Ads Still Appearing On Facebook Despite Ban
The post Face Mask Ads Still Appearing On Facebook Despite Ban appeared first on Facecrooks. On March 6, Facebook promised that it would begin cracking down on advertisements for medical face masks and other fraudulent coronavirus-related content. The company also…
Report: Facebook’s Misinformation Problem Is Rooted In Data Collection
The post Report: Facebook’s Misinformation Problem Is Rooted In Data Collection appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has a well-publicized problem with spam and fake news spreading on its platform. That issue has only become more apparent during the global coronavirus…
Facebook Is Wrongly Marking Legitimate Coronavirus Articles As Spam
The post Facebook Is Wrongly Marking Legitimate Coronavirus Articles As Spam appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook recently announced that because of the coronavirus, it would have to send many of its content moderators home to work. As a result, the…
Facebook Says Coronavirus May Cause Delay In Removing Offensive Content
The post Facebook Says Coronavirus May Cause Delay In Removing Offensive Content appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has long struggled to keep up with the amount of spam, malware and offensive content that floods its platform. Now, because of the…
Facebook Takes Down Massive Network Of Trolls
The post Facebook Takes Down Massive Network Of Trolls appeared first on Facecrooks. Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook received heavy criticism for allowing fake news to spread unchecked across its platform. And much of this spam was propagated…
Researchers: New Malware Uses Facebook Cookies To Hijack User Accounts
The post Researchers: New Malware Uses Facebook Cookies To Hijack User Accounts appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has long been a target for malware scams intended to steal users’ data, but a new scheme has emerged that preys upon an…
Facebook Temporarily Bans Ads For Medical Facemasks In Order To Fight False Health Claims
The post Facebook Temporarily Bans Ads For Medical Facemasks In Order To Fight False Health Claims appeared first on Facecrooks. On Facebook, scammers often take advantage of stories in the news in order to exploit users — and the global…
Researchers: Gaps In Facebook’s Ad Platform Could Have Enabled “Malicious” Marketers
The post Researchers: Gaps In Facebook’s Ad Platform Could Have Enabled “Malicious” Marketers appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has made a point of saying that it will do little to fact-check or police the content of political ads on its…
Australia Sues Facebook Over User Data Breach
The post Australia Sues Facebook Over User Data Breach appeared first on Facecrooks. Even years after the fact, Facebook continues to deal with the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal. This week, the Australian information watchdog announced that…
Study: Facebook Has Failed To Catch Hundreds Of Child Exploitation Cases
The post Study: Facebook Has Failed To Catch Hundreds Of Child Exploitation Cases appeared first on Facecrooks. As the largest social media platform in the world, Facebook offers an unparalleled platform for people from around the world to connect. Unfortunately,…
Facebook Takes Down Hundreds Of Millions Of Spam Accounts With New AI Tool
The post Facebook Takes Down Hundreds Of Millions Of Spam Accounts With New AI Tool appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s no secret that Facebook has a major problem with fake accounts. In fact, over a three-month period, the social media…
Facial Recognition Company That Scraped Facebook Data Is Now Creating Surveillance Tools
The post Facial Recognition Company That Scraped Facebook Data Is Now Creating Surveillance Tools appeared first on Facecrooks. Clearview AI is a controversial third-party facial recognition app that has built an enormous database of biometric data using billions of photos…
Breast Cancer Advocate Says Facebook Flaw Could’ve Exposed Health Data Of Millions
The post Breast Cancer Advocate Says Facebook Flaw Could’ve Exposed Health Data Of Millions appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has long promoted its private groups as a way for people coping with serious illnesses to find community and support. These…
Facebook Is Suing A Marketing Company For Improperly Accessing User Data
The post Facebook Is Suing A Marketing Company For Improperly Accessing User Data appeared first on Facecrooks. As the largest social media platform in the world, Facebook enjoys unparalleled access to much of humanity’s personal data. However, it doesn’t want…
New Study Asks Facebook Users How Much Their Privacy Is Worth
The post New Study Asks Facebook Users How Much Their Privacy Is Worth appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s no secret that Facebook’s entire business model is built on gathering our data. The social media giant has even assigned a dollar…
Facebook Wants To Get 3.5 Billion People Online — And Collect Their Data
The post Facebook Wants To Get 3.5 Billion People Online — And Collect Their Data appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has played a crucial role in connecting individuals around the world to the web — particularly by expanding internet access…
Privacy Group: Facebook Is “Not Telling You Everything”
The post Privacy Group: Facebook Is “Not Telling You Everything” appeared first on Facecrooks. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal in 2018, Facebook released a privacy feature called “Download Your Information.” The tool allowed users to…
Attorney General: Facebook Could Potentially Be Held Liable For User Posts
The post Attorney General: Facebook Could Potentially Be Held Liable For User Posts appeared first on Facecrooks. U.S. Attorney General William Barr has proven to be a fierce opponent to Facebook. He has repeatedly challenged the social media giant on…
Facebook Dating Rollout Delayed In Europe Over Privacy Questions
The post Facebook Dating Rollout Delayed In Europe Over Privacy Questions appeared first on Facecrooks. European countries have long had stricter privacy laws than the U.S. As a result, Facebook has always faced an uphill battle to get its products…
Facebook Releases Trove Of User Data To Academic Researchers
The post Facebook Releases Trove Of User Data To Academic Researchers appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Facebook finally followed through on its two-year-old promise to release user data to academic researchers in order to study the platform’s impact on…
Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Must Be Regulated To Win Back User Trust
The post Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Must Be Regulated To Win Back User Trust appeared first on Facecrooks. In in the wake of multiple data and privacy scandals in recent years, lawmakers have begun to discuss the possibility that Facebook…
Facebook Cracks Down On Malicious Accounts
The post Facebook Cracks Down On Malicious Accounts appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook was heavily criticized following the 2016 U.S. presidential election for the role it played in the spread of fake news and malicious content. That’s why the social…
Consumer Reports Warns Facebook Users About The Latest Scamming Tactics
The post Consumer Reports Warns Facebook Users About The Latest Scamming Tactics appeared first on Facecrooks. As the largest social media platform in the world, Facebook is a fertile breeding ground for scams and malware. And the cybercriminals behind these…
Facebook’s Bug Bounty Program Catches Massive Data-Leaking Issue
The post Facebook’s Bug Bounty Program Catches Massive Data-Leaking Issue appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook gets a lot of well-deserved flak for its data and privacy failings. However, its bug bounty program — which pays independent researchers to discover flaws…
Report: Facebook Knew About Security Flaw That Caused Massive Data Breach
The post Report: Facebook Knew About Security Flaw That Caused Massive Data Breach appeared first on Facecrooks. In September 2018, nearly 50 million Facebook users had their accounts exposed in a data breach. It was the largest such attack in…
Facebook’s Official Twitter Accounts Hacked
The post Facebook’s Official Twitter Accounts Hacked appeared first on Facecrooks. In recent years, Facebook has worked to strengthen its security measures — or at least to appear as though it’s doing a better job. However, that public relations campaign…
Report: Facebook Still Allowing Anti-Vaccine Content Despite Ban
The post Report: Facebook Still Allowing Anti-Vaccine Content Despite Ban appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook was recently applauded when it changed its policies to crack down on the anti-vaccine content that had been spreading like wildfire across its platform. However,…
Facebook “Demands” Controversial Company Stop Gathering Facial Recognition Data
The post Facebook “Demands” Controversial Company Stop Gathering Facial Recognition Data appeared first on Facecrooks. The New York Times published an expose on a data firm called Clearview AI that scrapes pictures from across the Internet in order to help…
Children’s Advocates Criticize Facebook Encryption
The post Children’s Advocates Criticize Facebook Encryption appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has long touted its messaging encryption plan as the wave of the future for user privacy. However, child safety advocacy groups have begun to raise concerns that this…
Facebook Messenger Kids Expands Parental Controls, Data Access
The post Facebook Messenger Kids Expands Parental Controls, Data Access appeared first on Facecrooks. When Facebook launched Messenger Kids in 2017, many privacy experts immediately raised concerns. After all, precious few adults trust Facebook with their private information — why…
Facebook’s New Privacy Tool Is Already Drawing Criticism
The post Facebook’s New Privacy Tool Is Already Drawing Criticism appeared first on Facecrooks. Last week, Facebook announced that it would begin rolling out its long-promised “Clear History” tool that allows users to see how the company is tracking them…
Facebook Says It Will Remove Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories And Misinformation
The post Facebook Says It Will Remove Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories And Misinformation appeared first on Facecrooks. Without a doubt, the spread of fake news is one of the biggest problems Facebook must grapple with on a daily basis. Some of…
Report: Ring App Shares User Data With Facebook
The post Report: Ring App Shares User Data With Facebook appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s no secret that Facebook collects as much user data as possible from third-party apps. However, one source of that data recently raised major alarm bells…
New Facebook Privacy Feature Lets You See How Its Tracking You
The post New Facebook Privacy Feature Lets You See How Its Tracking You appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Facebook announced that its rolling out a new privacy tool that allows users to manage how the social media giant tracks…
How To Block Bots From Spamming You With Friend Requests
The post How To Block Bots From Spamming You With Friend Requests appeared first on Facecrooks. If you’ve noticed a recent uptick in bots sending you friend requests on Facebook, you’re not alone. Lifehacker writer Emily Price said she became…
Mom Finds Pictures Of Her Kids On A Stranger’s Facebook Profile
The post Mom Finds Pictures Of Her Kids On A Stranger’s Facebook Profile appeared first on Facecrooks. As the largest social network in the world, Facebook is host to virtually countless forms of scamming and criminality. But one of the…
Facebook Will Probably Have To Face Massive Privacy Class-Action Lawsuit
The post Facebook Will Probably Have To Face Massive Privacy Class-Action Lawsuit appeared first on Facecrooks. The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to take up the case of whether users can sue Facebook for using facial recognition technology without…
Nancy Pelosi Blasts Facebook For Misleading Users, Calling It “Shameful” And “Abusive”
The post Nancy Pelosi Blasts Facebook For Misleading Users, Calling It “Shameful” And “Abusive” appeared first on Facecrooks. In recent years, Facebook has found itself the subject of intense scrutiny from lawmakers over its many privacy and data issues. Several…
Facebook Will Now Notify You When Your Info Is Shared With Third-Party Apps
The post Facebook Will Now Notify You When Your Info Is Shared With Third-Party Apps appeared first on Facecrooks. Many of Facebook’s data and privacy controversies stem from the fact that it shares so much of our information with third-party…
Leaked Facebook Memo Says Too Much Of It Is Bad For You
The post Leaked Facebook Memo Says Too Much Of It Is Bad For You appeared first on Facecrooks. Plenty of Facebook’s critics have described the company as having a toxic effect on society. Including, apparently, some of Facebook’s own executives.…
Facebook Bug Reveals Anonymous Page Administrators
The post Facebook Bug Reveals Anonymous Page Administrators appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is often blamed for intentionally compromising user privacy in the name of revenue. However, the social media giant often puts our information at risk simply by making…
Facebook Again Says It Will Do Nothing To Stop Fake Political Ads
The post Facebook Again Says It Will Do Nothing To Stop Fake Political Ads appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook came under heavy criticism several months ago when it said it will not police political ads for their veracity. In other…
Facebook Cracks Down On Fake Reviews
The post Facebook Cracks Down On Fake Reviews appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has a well-publicized problem with fake news on its platform, but the issue of fraudulent product reviews gets far less attention. However, the UK’s Competition and Markets…
Facebook Bans Deepfake Videos Ahead Of 2020 Election
The post Facebook Bans Deepfake Videos Ahead Of 2020 Election appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is full of many forms of malicious fake content, but perhaps the most nefarious are so-called “deepfakes” — computer-generated videos that are designed to mimic…
Facebook Is Preparing To Fight New California Privacy Law
The post Facebook Is Preparing To Fight New California Privacy Law appeared first on Facecrooks. The state of California recently passed a sweeping new privacy law that offers stronger data protections for its residents. However, Facebook is not changing its…
Facebook Wants You To Share Your Personal Healthcare Data
The post Facebook Wants You To Share Your Personal Healthcare Data appeared first on Facecrooks. Last fall, Facebook announced that it was making a push into the healthcare industry, allowing users to opt into checkup reminders and personalized preventative healthcare…