Spammers behind massive Facebook hack, not political agents
The latest hack of Facebook that compromised 30 million accounts was apparently pulled by spammers than political agents. In late September, the security team of…
Instagram is testing if it could share your precise location with Facebook
The new application versions of Instagram have been found sharing your precise location with its parent company, Facebook. According to new reports, the popular photo-sharing…
Facebook admits using your two-factor-authentication phone number for ad targeting
Facebook has admitted using the phone number provided by the user (for two-factor-authentication) to target them with ads. The original purpose of the two-factor-authentication (2FA)…
Facebook has started to roll out the new UI for Messenger
Facebook, earlier in May announced a redesign of their uber-popular messenger app. For those who use the Facebook messenger application, it is no secret that…
Information Ministry’s fake news buster Twitter account gets fabricated in a day
The Ministry of Information and Broadcast launched yesterday, a Twitter account FakeNewsBusterMoIB to curb the spread of misinformation and fake news through social media. Pakistan…
Did Facebook block users from posting about the massive hack?
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…
Everything you need to know about the hack that shook Facebook last week
Just over the past weekend, we heard about one of the biggest hacks that happened in the history of Facebook. Here’s everything you need to…
Alleged Facebook scammer claiming half ownership of the social network arrested
Back in 2003, Paul Ceglia worked with Mark Zuckerberg for a programming job for Facebook. The job was done and both continued with their own…
Facebook’s chief security officer resigns
Facebook’s chief security officer, Alex Stamos, announced today that he will be quitting the company later this month. The announcement comes just a day after…
Facebook capitalization drops by $120 billion within two hours
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…
Despite the crypto ads ban, Coinbase ads are back on Google
In March, this year, Google announced its plan to ban online advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs). The ban was to be effective…
Twitter beats Facebook in hate speech amidst electoral campaigns in Pakistan
Ahead of the Pakistan General Elections 2018, a non-governmental youth development organization, Bargad, has published a study on Electoral Hate Speech on Social Media in…
These major tech giants have united to let you transfer data between apps
Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft, the Silicon Valley giants, have teamed up for the Data Transfer Project (DTP). The project will facilitate the users to…
