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Sneha Bhardwaj May 24th, 2019 10:36 AM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Removes More Than 3 Billion Fake Accounts in the Last Couple of Quarters

Facebook has removed more than three billion fake accounts in the October 2018-March 2019 period, saying that about 5% of its monthly active users were fake. Facebook disabled 1.2 billion accounts in Q4 2018 and 2.19 billion in Q1 2019. "For fake accounts, the number of accounts we took action on increased due to automated attacks by bad actors who attempt to create large volumes of accounts at one time,"... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj April 19th, 2019 9:46 AM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Exposes Instagram Passwords of Several Users

A day after admitting it "unintentionally" uploaded emails of nearly 1.5 million new users, Facebook has now revealed that millions of Instagram passwords were stored on its servers in a readable format. Last month, Facebook said that it fixed a security issue wherein millions of its users' passwords were stored in plain text and "readable" format for years and were searchable by thousands of its employees. The company on Thursday... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj April 3rd, 2019 12:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Reportedly Asking Users to Disclose Passwords of Email Accounts

Facebook is asking users to disclose passwords to their personal email accounts in order to access the social networking platform, the media reported. A message has been flashing on some Facebook users' log-in screen, demanding them to enter the password of the email ID they built their Facebook account on, The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday. "To continue using Facebook, you'll need to confirm your email," the message demands, followed... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 7th, 2019 11:26 AM 0 COMMENTS

User Base of Facebook Starts Dipping in US: Report

Social networking giant Facebook today hosts around 15 million fewer people in the US than it did in 2017, with the biggest drop being among teen and millennial demographic. A new US-specific survey data compiled by market research firm Edison Research highlighted that Facebook's user-base was shrinking, particularly in the coveted 12- to 34-year-old in America, which was once recognised as the most lucrative market for the platform. "Edison's survey... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 6th, 2019 1:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

Major Android and iOS Apps Still Sharing Personal Data of Users With Facebook: Report

Major Android apps such as search service Yelp and language learning platform Duolingo are still sending personal data, without user consent, to Facebook for ad tracking, despite the backlash the social media giant faced on charges of collecting data by bribing teenagers in India and the US. Two other Muslim prayer apps, a Bible app as well as a job search app called Indeed have also been accused of leaking... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 5th, 2019 1:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Faces Backlash Over Secure Login Process via Two-Factor Authentication

Facebook is facing backlash over its secure login process two-factor authentication (2FA) where it asked users to add phone numbers, which can be searched by advertisersFacebook is facing backlash over its secure login process two-factor authentication (2FA) where it asked users to add phone numbers, which can be searched by advertisers. The security feature -- meant solely to authenticate your identity on the social media platform - may have left... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 11th, 2019 7:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Adds Five More Partners to its Fact Checking Programme in India

Facebook on Monday said it has expanded its third-party fact-checking programme in India, adding names like India Today Group, Factly and Fact Crescendo to the roster, as the social networking giant looks to combat the spread of "fake news" on its platform ahead of general elections this year. Apart from reviewing articles, the US-based company has also equipped checkers with tools to review photos and videos to "help identify and... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 8th, 2019 9:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Stops Development of its Meme Content Mobile App ‘LOL’

Facing the flak from lawmakers and experts, Facebook has decided not to build a new app called "LOL" to let children share and post humorous meme content. Instead, the social media giant said it would focus more on its "Messenger Kids" aimed at those under 13 years of age. According to a report in CNET on Thursday, the company is restructuring a "youth team" of more than 100 employees. "The... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 6th, 2019 12:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Adds Unsend Feature to Messenger App

Social networking giant Facebook has released the "unsend" feature on its messaging app Messenger that would allow users to delete messages from the chat-thread within 10 minutes of sending it. "Facebook tells the new feature will be available today on the latest versions of Messenger for iOS and Android. The company says the new ability is based on the Zuckerberg power, but it underwent 'some improvements to provide broader functionality... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 4th, 2019 2:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

Duplicate Accounts in Facebook Grew Over Three Times to 250 Million Since 2016

Duplicate accounts in Facebook grew over three times to more than 250 million during the last three years when it comes to Monthly Active Users are concerned, according to the numbers supplied by the social networking site in its latest annual report. In the fourth quarter of 2018, Facebook estimated that duplicate accounts may have represented approximately 11% of its MAUs while the figure was 5% in 2015. Monthly active... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj January 31st, 2019 5:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook and WhatsApp Integration Will Not Happen Before 2020: Mark Zuckerberg

Amid the global outrage over Facebook's plans to integrate chats among WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said this is going to be a long-term project. In an earnings call after announcing Facebook's fourth-quarter results late Wednesday, Zuckerberg said they were early in thinking through the integration plan. "There's a lot more that we need to figure out before we finalise the plans. This is going... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj January 26th, 2019 2:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Might Allow Inter Messaging Between WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram Users: Report

Facebook is currently working towards integrating its chat services -- WhatsApp, Messenger, and photo-sharing app Instagram -- to let their users to message each other across platforms. All of the three apps will support end-to-end encryption, but Facebook is yet to provide a timeline for when this will happen, The New York Times reported late on Friday. "Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, plans to integrate the social network's messaging services... Read More