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Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the “View As” feature of Facebook. The social media giant Facebook has announced that it has suffered a massive cyberattack, resulting in 50 million users account impacted. In a statement, the vice president of product management at Facebook, Guy Rosen said that hackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s ‘view as’ feature which lets […]
You are not alone; the social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp Messenger are down in many countries around the world for almost an hour starting from 10 pm (UK time). The reason for this outage is currently unknown and there has been no statement from Facebook, however, users are taking questions on […]
Sweden, a small European state is in their election period this 2018 but without lacking a controversy. The fight between parties competing for the elective seats virtually migrated the competition from the street rallies and campaign trails to Social media sites. The most evident sign is the massive use of Twitter bots that slander, defame […]
If you are unable to access your Instagram account, then it is quite possible that your account has been hijacked. Reportedly, in the past few days, hundreds of Instagram accounts have been hacked. Some user accounts are partially accessible while some are completely hijacked. In its recent blog post, Instagram acknowledged this hacking spree and […]
The photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram has been hit by a massive outage and currently down for many users around the world. According to the outage map displayed on DownDetecter, the scale of this outage can be seen affecting users around the world including Brazil, India, United States, Italy, United Kingdom and some parts of […]
Would you believe that the verification program approved by Twitter to verify users has now become part of a phishing scam? Last year, Twitter approved a program for helping users get verified on the social media platform. It was dubbed as the Twitter verification program. But, it received severe criticism and got suspended in late […]
Trump administration has announced that it will be starting to collect social media history of those who have applied for a visa to enter the United States. According to the proposed rules from the US State Department, almost all the visa applicants, a whopping 14.7 million individuals [PDF] (nearly 710,000 million per year) will have […]
Elon Musk has deleted the official Facebook pages of SpaceX and Tesla this Friday after receiving #DeleteFacebook challenge from some of his followers. Currently, both pages with millions of fans are unavailable to visitors. SpaceX is an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company while Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is a firm that specializes in electric vehicles, solar panel manufacturing, and energy storage. […]
You are not alone, Facebook and Instagram are down for many around the world. The social media giant Facebook is currently logging out users from their accounts and displaying a message on its login page that “Facebook Will Be Back Soon Facebook is down (1:20 PM Thursday, January 25, 2018, Eastern Time (ET) for required […]
While people around the world are celebrating Christmas, WikiLeaks founder Julain Assange had a pretty bad day. It all started this morning when Assange’s official Twitter account suddenly disappeared and magically appeared back after few hours. Then came a mysterious Tweet from the US Navy saying “Julian Assange” that was quickly deleted. Here a screenshot of the […]
Palihapitiya’s judgments were directed not only at Facebook but the broader online ecosystem. “The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback circles we’ve produced are destroying how society works,” he said, leading to online communications driven by “hearts, likes, thumbs-up.” “No civil discourse, no service; misinformation, mistruth. And it’s not an American problem this is not about Russians ads. […]
It is a widely known fact that a majority of websites keep a record of the number of visits and the pages accessed by visitors. This is how websites conduct their marketing and promotional campaigns as you will notice that whatever product you checked out at a website, the next day you will see ads […]
Social media giants Facebook and Instagram suffered a brief service outage in Europe, South America and some parts of the United States. Both Facebook and Instagram went down at the same time on Wednesday 1:02 PM (ET) leaving users baffled ¯_(ツ)_/¯. Facebook According to Facebook outage map powered by DownDetector, a service that keeps track of online […]
Last Friday a Judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Facebook of tracking users’ Internet activity even when they are logged out from their account. The U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California said in his judgment that the plaintiff failed to show they had a “reasonable expectation of privacy,” or that they suffered any […]
Now you should think at least 10 times before posting anything on Facebook because your ignore might get you into trouble, as big as a death sentence. According to a BBC report, a Pakistan-based man Taimoor Raza, 30, has been given a death sentence because of his alleged involvement in a Facebook post containing comments […]
Recently, Facebook developed an emotion-sensing technology that would use your webcam on your laptop or smartphone camera to detect your emotions based on your facial movements and expressions and therefore deliver content that is more relevant. What’s the big idea? As you might have already guessed, your privacy might be compromised on a whole new […]
Twitter announced on Tuesday (20th) that it has deleted 377,000 accounts in the second half of 2016 as part of its fight against content related to extremism and terrorism. The number is 60% higher than the profiles deleted in the first half of last year, according to its transparency report. In total, the social network […]
The official YouTube channel of WatchMojo has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy. If you don’t know WatchMojo then it is a popular video content producer, publisher, and syndicator based in Canada. Upon visiting WatchMojo’s YouTube channel a red warning sign can be seen explaining why the channel was terminated however WatchMogo’s Twitter account tweeted that […]
Inti De Ceukelaire, a Belgian hacker and security researcher has discovered a new method that further sabotages Facebook’s claim to protect users’ data through its supposedly comprehensive privacy setting features. De Ceukelaire has discovered that he can exploit Facebook to obtain cell phone numbers of users; which they want to remain hidden. According to De Ceukelaire, he […]
Would you not find it surprising and somewhat suspicious if the photos that you posted on Facebook months ago make a comeback and re-appear on your timeline? You would definitely get alarmed. So if you are facing the same issue, believe us, you are not alone. This issue started affecting Facebook users since Friday. Many […]
A website on the Dark Web, internet’s underworld where all sorts of illegal content can be shared or bought easily and anonymously, is urging users to help it raise money to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence. CSO reports that this particular website went live the previous week and allegedly is seeking assistance […]