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Major Facebook bug allows users to edit the title of any news article
There are at least two loopholes that we know of that allow you to edit the title of any article that you post to Facebook.
Millions of exposed Facebook user phone numbers reportedly still online
Around 200 million Facebook user’s phone numbers were initially exposed online.
New York Attorney General Letitia James leads antitrust investigations into Facebook, other states follow
“Even the largest social media platform in the world must follow the law and respect consumers.
Facebook censors satirical women’s site Reductress, suggests satire is “clickbait”
Facebook calls the satirical site Clickbait.
Facebook and Microsoft are creating their own deepfakes
This Deepfake Detection Challenge (DFDC) raises new questions about how these types of detection tools will be applied to memes and other types of satirical content.
Google and Twitter met at Facebook HQ with Homeland Security and FBI about 2020 election “disinformation”
Also discussed during the meeting were plans for better coordination of security efforts between tech giants and government agencies.
Facebook to redirect searches about vaccines to CDC and WHO information
The pop-out window also appears whenever a user visits vaccine-related Facebook groups or pages, or even when a user taps on vaccine-related hashtags on Instagram.
Leaked document shows EU copyright companies plan to publicly smear tech companies in order to influence them
The leaked document, a letter, shows VG Media spearheading the effort to carry out a campaign to influence public opinion, policymakers and judges across the EU and in member-states against “digital monopolists”.
Facebook blunder: phone numbers of over 60% of US users exposed online
Yet another privacy blunder from Facebook.
Senator Ron Wyden suggests “the possibility of a prison term” for Mark Zuckerberg’s lies
Facebook was recently fined $5 billion by the FTC for privacy violations – a fine that many saw as a slap on the wrist.
Facebook rolls out facial recognition to all users one month after losing facial recognition lawsuit appeal
The features is turned off by default for new users but users who were previously opted in to Facebook’s face recognition won’t receive a notice.
Denmark to treat big tech as “new world superpower”, appoints a tech ambassador
Casper Klynge says it will be the toughest battle of his career.