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Over 533 million hacked Facebook user data released for free to the web

VamienMcKalin@TWCN — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 04:38:35 +0000

Over 533 million personal information of Facebook users has been leaked to the web, another blow to the popular social network’s credibility. From what we’ve gathered, a user who is a member of a low-level hacking forum posted the data for all to see. Apparently, the leaked information contains personal phone numbers, Facebook identification, full […]

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Telegram Bot selling Mobile Numbers of 500 million Facebook users

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:30:08 +0000

The past two months have been tough for Facebook, as the company has sparked several controversies concerning user privacy and security. Throughout the incidents, the company has maintained that it respects users’ privacy and offers maximum protection to sensitive information. Person selling access to the Bot claims it has data on 500 million Facebook users […]

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Facebook on the verge of losing ownership of WhatsApp and Instagram

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:15:54 +0000

In twin lawsuits filed by multiple US states and the government, Facebook has been accused of misusing its position to diminish the market competition to establish its dominance in the digital marketplace. More importantly, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which looks after trade ethics and healthy competition within the market, is filing an injunction, asking […]

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Facebook announces Instant Games; Its could-based video game streaming service

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:30:46 +0000

Facebook has announced its cloud-based video game streaming service – Instant Games. As the name suggests, games under this service are available to play instantly in the Facebook app and on the web browser, without downloading any content offline. Facebook has more than 200,000 weekly active users playing cloud-streamed games across select regions. Facebook announces […]

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Remember FarmVille? The game that once took Facebook by storm is shutting down

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:30:36 +0000

The US-based social game developer Zynga has decided to pull the plug on FarmVille, a game that once took Facebook by storm. This doesn’t come as a surprise though, since Facebook will no longer support Flash games as of December 31, 2020. FarmVille to shut on December 31, 2020 As we already know, Adobe is […]

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Facebook, Instagram on verge of shut down in Europe

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:50:35 +0000

Facebook is on the verge of exit from Europe. Facebook has ‘threatened’ to shut shops in Europe if regulators keep cracking down on its ability to store data of European users on servers in the U.S. If Facebook pulls the plug on its EU operations, it will have to give up on more than 400 […]

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Be original or else Facebook will remove memes that you steal off of other creators!

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:30:58 +0000

Facebook is trying to be helpful to creators and publishers so that they can easily manage their Intellectual Property (IP). Facebook has updated the Rights Manager in Creator Studio. The social networking giant will work with a handful of partners, to begin with. As a result of this collaboration, Facebook will provide early creators and […]

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Is Facebook impersonating Google’s web crawler to track website data for Advertising?

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:08:14 +0000

Facebook has been caught impersonating Google’s web crawler. According to a web developer Serge Bezborodov, Facebook crawls websites under a fake Googlebot user agent, to possibly bypass crawling restrictions set by robots.txt. Facebook resorting to unethical practices by impersonating Googlebot? Bezborodov has shared a screenshot showing multiple ‘Googlebot’ crawl requests originating from different IP addresses. […]

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Facebook Campus offers dedicated News feed, chat rooms experience to college students

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:29:03 +0000

Facebook wants to go back to where it all started. In 2004, when Facebook was still taking its shape, the website was initially limited to a handful of universities including Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Yale, and others. Well, the reason we are talking about the company’s early days is Facebook Campus, a new social networking experience […]

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Facebook News coming to more countries including India soon – Are you excited?

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:22:20 +0000

Facebook is all set to expand its ‘News’ operations to India, France, Germany, Brazil, and the UK in the coming months, Facebook has announced. In October 2019, Facebook announced its plans to pilot Facebook News in the US. Facebook News enables a dedication section on the Facebook app and website that provides users stories from […]

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Facebook merges Instagram and Messenger, updates Instagram chats with new colors

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:48:14 +0000

As several users have pointed about, Facebook is merging Instagram and Messenger. A new Instagram update brings a new pop-up message that reads: “There’s a New Way to Message on Instagram.” You might see this pop-up after you update your Instagram. Instagram also provides users with a list of new cross-platform features. Facebook merges Instagram […]

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Facebook Live with up to 50 creators simultaneously now possible, thanks to Messenger Rooms

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:28:24 +0000

Facebook continues to expand the overall product scope and capabilities of Messenger Rooms group calling feature that allows users to connect with up to 50 other users simultaneously. Now, Facebook clearly doesn’t want Messenger Rooms to be limited to group video calling. In fact, Facebook has added a new feature to broadcast live from Messenger […]

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