Shocking details reveal more than 80M Facebook accounts breached

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

When Facebook- Cambridge Analytica breach came to light, it was reported that over 50 million accounts have been violated to extract personal data without user…

Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook Messenger app scans your conversations

By Mohammad Jamal ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook scans the photos and links people send to each other on Facebook Messenger. Facebook reads private chat messages which are flagged through automated tools…

Over 29 million WhatsApp messages are sent every minute

By Mohammad Jamal ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging application in the world. And recently the company has been introducing many new features in its latest…

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Saudi Arabia to fine couples $130,000 who spy on each others’ phone

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Saudia Arabia will fine up to $130,000 to couples who sneak into each others’ text messages on mobile phones. The Kingdom introduced a new law…

Facebook takes down over 250 accounts and pages in a crackdown against Russian fake ring

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a crackdown against Russian misinformation agency that interfered in the 2016 US elections, Facebook has taken down 70 accounts, 138 pages, and 65 Instagram…

Shooting at YouTube HQ, one suspect dead and several injured

By Mohammad Jamal ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

A shooting incident at the YouTube HQ left 3 people injured and the suspect died at the scene. The incident happened at YouTube HQ in…

Facebook is (partially) down

By Mohammad Jamal ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook pages notifications and the Pages Manager application is down for more than an hour and is inaccessible to users around the world. We have…

Zuckerberg fires back at Apple CEO’s comments on privacy scandal

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Zuckerberg needs ‘a few years’ to fix Facebook’s privacy issues. Just a few more “years”. Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked about Facebook’s…

No more ad targeting by email attained without consent, Facebook

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Post-Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook is deploying safeguards to protect user data against violation. The social media network is now to launch a certification tool, that…

Facebook exec under fire for an internal memo prioritizing company growth over user privacy

By Shehryar Ahmed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Andrew “Boz” Bozworth, the current Vice President of Virtual and Augmented Reality of Facebook, is reported to have written an internal memo detailing the outcome…

7 easy ways to protect your personal data on Facebook

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook has access to the lives of two billion people. It knows about your friendships, relationships, work, hobbies, interests and political persuasions. The recent Facebook…

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Facebook no longer allows sharing of data with third parties

By Shehryar Ahmed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Two weeks back, Facebook came under fire after a data breach scandal was uncovered by Cambridge Analytica, a British analytics firm. The firm openly accessed…

Facebook even kept the videos that you deleted, report

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook hasn’t still been able to recover fully from the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, and there is this new report which says that the…

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