Facebook’s New “Off-Facebook Activity” Feature
Facebook has introduced a new privacy feature called the “Off-Facebook Activity” intended to provide you with a tool to control […]
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Facebook is building more secure Instagram messaging app
Facebook is launching Threads, a new camera-first messaging app from Instagram for keeping up with your close friends in a […]
Facebook can be ordered to remove content worldwide
The E.U. Court of Justice ruled that Facebook and other platforms will need to remove information or block access to […]
Amid a privacy crisis, Facebook now wants to put a camera on your TV
When Facebook first introduced Portal, a smart speaker with a screen, in October of last year, the company was grappling […]
Your Private Instagram Stories Aren’t Exactly Private
A shockingly simple work-around allows your followers to share private photos and videos posted to both Facebook and Instagram. The […]
Judge lets Facebook privacy class action proceed
A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties […]
Facebook confirms 419m phone numbers exposed in latest privacy lapse
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers were exposed in an open online database, the company confirmed Wednesday. More […]
Facebook: Charting a Way Forward on Privacy and Data Portability
To build portability tools people can trust and use effectively, online services need clear rules about what kinds of data […]
A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. The exposed server contained more than […]
Facebook will no longer scan user faces by default
It will roll out the Face Recognition privacy setting globally over the next several weeks. Facebook is making facial recognition […]
EU data caught in Facebook audio transcribing
The social networking giant initially said no local users were affected, but 48 EU citizens had their information collected without […]
Facebook succeeds in blocking German FCO’s order against combining user data
Facebook has succeeded in blocking the order by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office earlier this year that would have banned it […]