Facebook files lawsuit against two companies for their “data scraping” operation

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against two companies that have been involved in an international “data scraping” operation. Data was apparently…

Instagram bans ad partner for secretly collecting user data

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The photo-centric social media platform — Instagram has just kicked out a marketing startup from its platform after determining it improperly collected user data. Instagram…

Did Facebook block users from posting about the massive hack?

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Following the security breach that compromised 50 million Facebook accounts, some users reported that they are unable to share posts about the hack. Currently, users…

Facebook capitalization drops by $120 billion within two hours

By Shehryar Ahmed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook’s market capitalization value has dropped by more than $120 billion in two hours. Facebook is widely acclaimed as being the biggest social media platform…

UK issues £500000 fine to Facebook for Cambridge Analytica scandal

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

British regulators have issued a maximum fine possible to Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal that shook the social media network. Facebook will now have…

Facebook hired the AI team of a UK startup to combat fake news

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook announced on 3rd July that it has hired the team behind the startup Bloomsbury AI to cope with fake news shared on the social…

Shocking: Facebook can turn on your phone’s mic without your knowledge

By Shehryar Ahmed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook is the biggest social media platform of the world. In addition to that, they also own the biggest online chatting app of the world,…

Many users have lost trust in Facebook after Cambridge Analytica scandal

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

New insights claim that Cambridge Analytica scandal might have already cost a lot of users to the social media giant Facebook. According to a research…

Can a Cambridge Analytica like scandal influence Pakistani elections?

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wants to remove Chairman Usman Yousuf Mobeen of National Database Registration Authority (NADRA), reports Tribune. The party has accused the Chairman of…

Facebook’s bug made private posts public for 14m users

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook is again in hot waters after revealing that the private posts of 14 million users have been made public accidentally owing to a bug.…

Facebook admits that it was late in restricting fake news and election interference

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

The social media giant, Facebook has yet again continued its apology tour, as its second most powerful executive and COO, Sheryl Sandberg has admitted to…

Facebook deletes 583 million fake accounts

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

Facebook has shut down 583 million fake accounts in the first three months of 2018. On May 15, Facebook published its first ever Community Standards…

Intimate details of 3 million Facebook users exposed in this new data leak

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

According to a report from New Scientist, researchers at the University of Cambridge uploaded user data from 3 million Facebook users onto a shared portal.…

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