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Meta fights sprawling Chinese 'Spamouflage' operationMeta on Tuesday said it purged thousands of Facebook accounts that were part of a widespread online Chinese spam operation trying to covert...
Meta to bar Russian state media from running ads, monetizing on platform"We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media," its security policy head, Nathaniel Gleicher, said on Twitter. "These...
Facebook, Twitter highlight security steps for users in UkraineBoth social media platforms are often used by political activists and researchers to disseminate information during times of crisis. The Ru...
Meta releases new threat report on surveillance for hire industryBellTroX, a Delhi-based company, was among the seven entities cited in the report. Cobwebs Technologies, which was founded in Israel, and t...
Facebook exposes mercenary spy firms that targeted 50,000 peopleMeta's report said it was suspending roughly 1,500, mostly fake accounts run by seven organizations across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp...
Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn move to secure Afghan citizens' accounts amid Taliban takeoverFacebook has temporarily removed the ability for people to view or search the friends lists of accounts in Afghanistan.
Facebook takes down fake accounts for coordinated influence campaigns, violating policyThe network had ties to individuals linked to French military & Russia's Internet Research Agency.
Facebook tracks 'OceanLotus' hackers to IT firm in VietnamThe hackers have been accused for years of spying on political dissidents, businesses and foreign officials
Facebook bars deceptive campaign from pro-Donald Trump groupThe social network has banned US marketing firm Rally Forge, which coordinated the "inauthentic behavior" on behalf of the pro-Trump youth ...
Facebook removes Chinese accounts active in Philippines and U.S. politicsThe most widely followed accounts and pages were in the Philippines, where they shared content supporting China's actions in the contested ...
Facebook says Russian influence campaign targeted left-wing voters in America, BritainFacebook Inc said the operation - which partly focused on U.S. politics and racial tensions in the run-up to the Nov. 3 presidential electi...
Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by NazisThe company said in a statement Thursday that the ads violated "our policy against organized hate." A Facebook executive who testified at a...
Facebook labels state-controlled media posts, will block adsThe social network is following through on a previously announced plan to label state-controlled news publishers, according to Facebook hea...
Congress asks Facebook to list pages pulled down for 'policy violations'Congress workers said they never had so many affiliated pages to begin with and expected Facebook to “come clean” with the names of all the...
Explaining Facebook’s pre-poll crackdown on inauthentic behaviourFacebook on Monday announced that it had removed or unpublished over 1,000 Facebook pages and Facebook and Instagram accounts from India an...
India votes 2019: Facebook action hit 'right-wing' pages tooThese pages had an estimated reach “of at least 200 million” and, in some cases, were digital businesses worth a few crores.
Facebook takes down Pak military-linked pages targeting India ahead of Lok Sabha pollsISI personnel used fake accounts to operate Military fan pages, Kashmir community pages, Facebook said.
Facebook removes nearly 700 pages linked to Congress due to "inauthentic behaviour"Facebook said its investigation found that individuals used fake accounts and joined various groups to disseminate their content and increa...
Facebook blocks accounts to combat fake news, monitor abuse, and increase transparencyFB has been facing criticism for helping to spur violence and for its policies surrounding misinformation in general.