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US Facebook users can now claim Cambridge Analytica settlement cash
April 21, 2023 - US-based Facebook users can now claim a piece of the enormous settlement payment by Meta, Facebook’s parent company, over the Cambridge Analytica scandal....
Avoid this “lost injured dog” Facebook hoax
April 18, 2023 - Facebook users are advised to be wary of posts involving injured dogs receiving treatment at a vet surgery, or pets sitting...
New tool allows you to opt out of Facebook’s targeted advertising
April 6, 2023 - After Meta (Facebook and Instagram) switched the legal basis for targeting advertising from automatic consent to opt-out, privacy watchdog noyb has...
Bogus Chat GPT extension takes over Facebook accounts
March 27, 2023 - If you’re particularly intrigued by the current wave of interest in AI, take care. There’s some bad things lurking in search engine results...
Facebook illegally processed user data, says court
March 16, 2023 - The Amsterdam court has ruled that Facebook illegally processed user data in a case started by the Dutch Data Privacy Stichting...
Beware fake Facebook emails saying “your page has been disabled”
February 10, 2023 - Facebook users need to be on their guard for bogus emails claiming to be from Facebook, that tell users their account...
A private moment, caught by a Roomba, ended up on Facebook. Eileen Guo explains how: Lock and Code S04E03
January 30, 2023 - In 2020, a photo of a woman sitting on a toilet—her shorts pulled half-way down her thighs—was shared on Facebook, and...
“Untraceable” surveillance firm sued for scraping Facebook and Instagram data
January 16, 2023 - Days after Meta achieved victory after suing the NSO Group for Computer Fraud and Abuse Act charges, Meta filed a lawsuit against surveillance company Voyager...
US school district sues Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok over harm to kids
January 10, 2023 - Public schools in a Seattle district filed a lawsuit on Friday against parent companies of the biggest social networks on the internet, alleging...
“Baby dumped at the gate” post is a Facebook hoax
December 5, 2022 - Every so often, bizarre but oddly believable scams do the rounds on Facebook. And so we have the latest: A tragic tale...
