Social Media Facebook removes Iran-linked accounts followed by more than 1 million people | Social Oct 27, 2018 Facebook has identified more suspicious behavior on its platform linked to an ongoing Iranian influence campaign, the company announced today. In…
Tech and Gadget Iran’s new Facebook trolls are using Russia’s Playbook | Social Media Oct 27, 2018 On Friday, Facebook shut down another network of 82 accounts, pages, and groups that have been posing as US and UK citizens since 2016. The network,…
Social Media Facebook takes down more ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ linked to Iran | Social Media Oct 27, 2018 Facebook has removed 82 pages, groups and accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” that originated out of Iran. The social networking giant…
Social Media Google Maps takes on Facebook Pages with new ‘Follow’ feature for tracking businesses | Social Media Oct 26, 2018 Google Maps has been steadily rolling out new features to make its app more than just a way to find places and navigate to them. In recent months,…
Cyber Security Google and Facebook accused of secretly tracking users’ locations | Cyber Security Oct 26, 2018 Google and Facebook have been hit separately by class action lawsuits accusing the companies of secretly tracking users’ locations, even after those…
Tech News update Facebook Sees a Future in Augmented Reality Glasses | Virtual Reality Oct 26, 2018 Zuckerglass The year is 2025. You’re trying to pay attention to your nephew blowing out the candles on his birthday cake, but bright-red Facebook…
Tech and Gadget Facebook database reveals it is the top political advertiser on its own platform | Tech Industry Oct 25, 2018 Facebook on 23 october released a new tool called the Ad Archive Report which is a searchable database giving users a look into the information about…
Social Media Facebook is building a video music app to steal TikTok’s teens | Social Media Oct 25, 2018 Facebook is working on a new app that it hopes could win back the attention of teens while capitalizing on its recently-attained major label music…
Social Media UK watchdog hands Facebook maximum $500K fine over Cambridge Analytica data breach | Social Media Oct 25, 2018 The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed that it has hit Facebook with a maximum $500,000 ($645,000) fine around the way it…
Artificial intelligence Facebook says it removed 8.7M child exploitation posts with new machine learning tech | Artificial… Oct 25, 2018 Facebook announced today that it has removed 8.7 million pieces of content last quarter that violated its rules against child exploitation, thanks…