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New anti-fake news tool labels Daily Mail as “proceed with caution”.

NewsGuard is the latest offering from the Internet in the on-going battle to fight fake or spoof news on the…

6 years ago
  • Facebook

Martin Lewis drops Facebook lawsuit in return for new reporting option

UK financial expert Martin Lewis has agreed to drop his defamation lawsuit against Facebook - a lawsuit brought about after…

6 years ago
  • Facebook

Facebook claim trading scams “don’t violate ad policies”

Cyber crooks are continuing to use fake media articles and fake celebrity endorsements to promote a series of trading scams…

6 years ago
  • In The News

Windows 7 has exactly ONE YEAR left of extended support

There is exactly one year left of support for Windows 7, as the operating system nears the end of its…

6 years ago
  • In The News

New most retweeted tweet ever resembles typical online scam

The much coveted honour of most retweeted Tweet ever has a new owner from today as a Japanese billionaire smashes…

6 years ago
  • Facebook

Tommy Robinson post about hit and run incident contradicted by police

A viral post made by a page purportedly belonging to far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) that…

6 years ago
  • Internet Hoaxes

The five BIGGEST Internet hoaxes of 2018

Well it's that time of the year where we put down the mince pies, finish off the sherry and find…

6 years ago
  • Facebook

Fake LEGO website promoted through Facebook’s sponsored adverts

Crooks have yet again managed to exploit Facebook’s sponsored adverts feature to promote scams leading to spoof LEGO websites. We've…

6 years ago
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Quora breached. Change your passwords immediately.

Users of question-and-answer website Quora are being told to urgently change their passwords following a data breach that affected around…

6 years ago
  • Twitter

Did Twitter allow people to “invade” Rudy Giuliani’s tweets? Fact Check

A claim made by politician Rudy Giuliani asserts that social media micro-blogging platform Twitter allowed someone to "invade" his "text"…

6 years ago