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Upload a video selfie to get your Facebook or Instagram account back

October 22, 2024 - Meta wants to introduce the option to upload a video selfie if you need to recover a lost Facebook or Instagram account.

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Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, Meta fined

October 1, 2024 - The Data Protection Commission has fined Meta $101M because 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext.

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Don’t share the viral Instagram Meta AI “legal” post

September 25, 2024 - Instagram users are sharing a hoax in enormous numbers in an attempt at preventing Meta from harvesting their posts and photos to train its AI.

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Meta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram

July 26, 2024 - Meta has taken down a whopping number of Instagram accounts directly involved in sextortion and more accounts aimed at training scammers

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Meta is using your public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its AI

October 3, 2023 - Post anything publicly on Facebook and Instagram? Meta has likely been using those posts to train its AI, according to the...

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Instagram scam promises money in exchange for your image

April 19, 2023 - We’re seeing a number of complaints on Reddit and elsewhere regarding a scam which flares up every so often. It’s called...

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“Log-out king” Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them

March 28, 2023 - A fraudster going by “OBN Brandon” has been defrauding Instagram influencers and entertainment figures out of hundreds of thousands of dollars...

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“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...

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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...

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Instagram scammer pleads guilty to money laundering, wire fraud, and wire fraud conspiracy

November 7, 2022 - The risks and rewards of getting up to no good on social media have been thrown into sharp focus, with news...

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