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From privacy settings to educational tools, here are some new Facebook features you should know
Recently, Meta introduced several features, updated privacy settings, and added tools to the Fac…
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He says AI can tell your politics and sexuality by reading your face. Is he right?
Michal Kosinski is pushing the boundaries of what artificial intelligence can do — and it terrifies…
Adam Rogers
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Meta's election tools have been blocked over privacy concerns ahead of European Parliament elections
A government watchdog suspended two of Meta's election products ahead of the European election, cit…
Katie Balevic
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Your old Facebook and Instagram posts were probably used to train Meta's AI. You can't opt-out as an American, but you can do this instead.
Meta admitted to scraping public Facebook and Instagram posts and photos of adults dating back as f…
Sarah Jackson
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How to change your Facebook privacy settings, and 10 settings you should consider changing
The methods to change your Facebook privacy settings will vary depending on the device you're using.
Dave Johnson
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Facebook in the crosshairs yet again – this time, India’s cybersecurity agency issues an advisory to Indian users
India’s cybersecurity agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an adviso…
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How to change your privacy settings on WhatsApp and protect yourself
You can change your WhatsApp privacy settings to determine which groups can see your information, a…
Abigail Abesamis Demarest
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Meta is giving more control to parents over their children’s activities on Facebook and Instagram
The increase in internet usage has resulted in children being exposed to a lot of content that is n…
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$315 billion in market value has been erased from these 4 companies since Apple's iOS privacy changes went into effect last year
Meta Platforms expects the headwind stemming from Apple's IDFA privacy change to "moderately increa…
Matthew Fox
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It's not just you: Facebook says people are hearing a chirping sound while scrolling on their phones because of a 'technical error'
Some Facebook users have reported hearing a chirping sound as they're scrolling in the app that the…
Sarah Jackson
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France fines Google a record $170 million for making it too difficult to opt out of cookies
The French watchdog also fined Facebook's holding company Meta €60 million (or around $68 million) …
Martin Coulter
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Through the looking glass: into the Web3-verse
When you woke up this morning, it is likely that one of the first things you reached for was your p…
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Apple will roll out the privacy-oriented iOS 14.5 update next week that has Facebook worried
One of the biggest highlights of the iOS 14.5 update is its focus on user privacy. While iOS has…
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Muslim women were held in a cell for months by Chinese police for cyber 'pre-crimes' such as accessing WhatsApp and a school Gmail account, book says
A student belonging to one of China's Muslim minority ethnic groups was detained for six months aft…
Hannah Towey
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Facebook overpaid the FTC by nearly $5 billion to 'protect Zuckerberg' and 'make his problems go away' after Cambridge Analytica scandal, shareholders claim
Facebook hasn't escaped the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal as shareholders allege a $5 billion "q…
Hannah Towey
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It's ridiculously easy to secretly record bystanders with Facebook's new camera glasses - even if it's against the rules
Facebook's glasses have a light to alert people that the wearer is recording, but it's unclear how …
Katie Canales
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Facebook updates its ‘Why am I seeing this ad’ tool: Here’s how it works
Facebook has updated its “Why am I seeing this ad?” tool to give users a better understanding of ho…
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Ex-Facebook engineer reportedly suggested ending People You May Know recommendations of children to adults, but he says execs refused
An ex-Facebook staffer worried the feature could connect predators with children. Meta said his cla…
Aaron Mok
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Meta hit with a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine over data privacy breaches
Meta failed to comply with the EU's warning about transferring users' data to US servers, and the f…
Pete Syme
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This spam blocker may add a layer of anonymity to your social media presence while Twitter and Facebook are under pressure to verify their users
This means that if your social media handle is found to be a part of any activity, which v…