The Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group informed its clients that it is able to scoop user data by mining from major social media. The Financial Times reported that the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group informed its clients that it is able to mine...
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook will be obliged to pay a $5 Billion fine to settle the investigation conducted by the United...
The Italian data protection watchdog fined Facebook for one million euros ($1.1 million) for violating privacy laws over the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The Italian data protection watchdog, the DPA ("Garante per la protezione dei dati...
Facebook announced it would stop Huawei from pre-installing social networking apps on its smartphones to comply with US sanctions. Facebook announced it will no longer allow pre-installation of its social networking apps on Huawei smartphones to comply...
Social network giant Facebook revealed it recently disabled billions of accounts operated by "bad actors" and that five percent of active accounts are fake. The news is disconcerting, but sincerely not so surprising, Facebook announced it recently...
A new political misinformation campaign was uncovered and blocked by Facebook, this time it was not operated by Russia but Israel's Archimedes Group Facebook uncovered and blocked a misinformation campaign powered by Israel' Archimedes Group, the corporation...
Twitter confirmed revealed that a bug in its iOS app it the root cause for an inadvertent collection of location data and sharing it with a third-party. A new story of a violation of the user's privacy made the lines, Twitter revealed that due to a bug is collected...
Facebook sues South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse and violation of social network's rules. Facebook filed a lawsuit against Rankwave in a California State court in Silicon Valley to verify if the analytics firm is violating...
The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook $270,000 for the Photo API bug that exposed personal photos of 300,000 Turkish users. The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) has fined Facebook 1.65 million Turkish lira...
Facebook is going to fund academic research on the impact of social media on elections, aimed at preventing manipulation of these platforms. Facebook is committed to preventing manipulation of elections through social media by funding research on the impact...