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...
17 Dec, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
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...
17 Dec, 2021, 10.19 AM IST
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.
20 Aug, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
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.
16 Dec, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
Facebook tracks 'OceanLotus' hackers to IT firm in VietnamThe hackers have been accused for years of spying on political dissidents, businesses and foreign officials
11 Dec, 2020, 10.14 AM IST
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 ...
08 Oct, 2020, 10.48 PM IST
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 ...
23 Sep, 2020, 08.41 AM IST
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...
01 Sep, 2020, 11.09 PM IST
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...
19 Jun, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
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...
05 Jun, 2020, 07.09 AM IST
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...
03 Apr, 2019, 09.30 AM IST
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...
03 Apr, 2019, 06.59 AM IST
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.
03 Apr, 2019, 06.50 AM IST
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.
02 Apr, 2019, 10.44 AM IST
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...
01 Apr, 2019, 06.06 PM IST
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.
25 Jul, 2018, 01.10 PM IST