
Meta confirms U.S. military involvement in sprawling phony social media operation
Facebook’s parent company provides additional evidence blaming the U.S. military for a long-running influence operation.
Facebook’s parent company provides additional evidence blaming the U.S. military for a long-running influence operation.
Facebook is playing a large role.
Facebook removed 524 inauthentic Facebook accounts, 20 pages, four Groups and 86 Instagram accounts boosting the claims.
The new policies directly build on Facebook’s security work cracking down on inauthentic coordinated behavior.
Facebook is appealing the decision.
Facebook has said it plans to fully roll out end-to-end encryption across its services by mid-2023.
Facebook identified 400 apps across the Google Play and Apple App store that posed as harmless lifestyle and business services to dupe users.
Apps custom-designed for schools are sending staggering amounts of data to Facebook and Google, researchers found.
A former Facebook executive turned critic is expected to testify about how the company prioritizes growth over safety.
Facebook says researchers violated the website’s privacy protections.