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Facebook now lets you call for Putin’s assassination, but only if you don’t say how you’re gonna do it and where he lives

The decision comes amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

On Mar 11, 2022 by Claire Goforth

‘Largest real-time surveillance system in existence’: Class-action suit details Facebook’s scope of snooping on users

Facebook stopped using Onavo, but lawsuits are lingering.

On Mar 10, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Facebook’s ban of Russian state media doesn’t appear to apply to the largest state-run outlet

TASS is spreading Russian propaganda on Facebook.

On Mar 4, 2022 by Claire Goforth

‘Facebook doesn’t care unfortunately’: TikToker says Meta wouldn’t help after her Facebook account was hacked

Countless users say they’ve faced similar issues with Facebook’s customer service.

On Feb 23, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Facebook to pay $90 million to settle lawsuit over tracking logged-out users

Lawyers for the plaintiffs say the settlement is one of the largest data privacy settlements in U.S. history.

On Feb 16, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

Texas sues Facebook for collecting biometric data without user consent

Facebook has already faced a similar lawsuit in a different state.

On Feb 15, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

‘It was too easy’: How a spy from the Ram Ranch resistance infiltrated and seized anti-vax trucker chat rooms

Teagan McLean said it took him five days to take over.

On Feb 14, 2022 by Claire Goforth

After Facebook bans, trucker convoys protesting COVID restrictions flood far-right channels with plans to dox opponents

Protesters have moved to other platforms where they’re doxing perceived enemies and spreading conspiracy theories.

On Feb 2, 2022 by Claire Goforth

FTC warns of ‘huge surge’ in social media scams

Bogus crypto investments, romance ruses lead the pack.

On Jan 31, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

Democrats propose bill to ban surveillance advertising

Legislators say surveillance advertising is a ‘toxic business model.’

On Jan 18, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Facebook’s VR unit is reportedly being investigated by the FTC

The scrutiny over Oculus comes as the FTC has already set its sights on Facebook.

On Jan 17, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

Facebook disproportionately rejects ads for women’s health, report finds

Men’s products don’t get the same treatment.

On Jan 14, 2022 by Claire Goforth

Facebook fails in attempt to get FTC’s antitrust suit thrown out

The FTC’s lawsuit can move forward.

On Jan 12, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

Mozilla launches study to find out how Facebook tracks your data for ads

The study will run until July.

On Jan 11, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

‘Get rid of that man now!’: In viral TikTok, Woman says her boyfriend removed her male Facebook friends while she was asleep

‘I was wondering why my friends list kept going down every night.’

On Dec 31, 2021 by Laiken Neumann