Collaborate Disseminate
A name-and-shame database is supposed to “save” husbands from wives who have appeared on porn sites. Continue reading Facial recognition used to strip adult industry workers of anonymity
The Watch Tower sought to unmask a Jehovah’s Witness who posted its content to show what data the organization collects and processes. Continue reading Redditor can stay anonymous, court rules
Snapchat’s 186 million users may be in for a rude awakening today after revelation that multiple employees of the social media giant were able to abuse their power and snoop on members. As Motherboard journalist Joseph Cox describes, current and … Continue reading Snapchat workers snooped on users with internal tool
Facebook removed 2.2 billion fake accounts between January and March 2019, bringing the total of accounts disabled to more than 3 billion over a six-month period, which includes Q4 2018 data, according to the company’s Community Standards Enforce… Continue reading Facebook Says 5% of Monthly Active Accounts Are Fake, Deletes 3B in 6 Months
A security researcher has discovered a massive cache of data on millions of Instagram influencers, publicly accessible for everyone to see. Continue reading Cache of 49 million Instagram records found online
Facebook is investigating a major data breach that leaked personal information of 49 million Instagram users, writes TechCrunch after it received and analyzed the data from security researcher Anurag Sen. The unsecured database, hosted by Amazon Web Se… Continue reading Database of 49 Million Instagram Influencers Leaked Online
The OGUsers forum, which trades in hijacked social accounts, has been hacked, its hard drives wiped, and its user database published online. Continue reading Rats leave the sinking ship as hackers’ forum gets hacked
It’s not clear who paid Archimedes Group for its reality-warping campaigns, but it’s clear disinformation is now a global scourge. Continue reading Facebook bans accounts of fake news firm
A tool from the White House invites those who suspect political bias in social media censorship to “share their story with President Trump.” Continue reading Trump seeks tales of social media bias – and your phone number
The feature still lets you see how others see you, but without leaking access tokens. Continue reading Facebook restores disabled ‘View As’ feature used in 2018 breach