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  • Facebook

Facebook finally fixes phone number vulnerability after years of inaction

If you've given your phone number to Facebook, there is a good chance it's been scraped along with your name…

7 years ago
  • In The News

Inaccurate news and hoaxes plague Twitter in YouTube HQ shooting aftermath

As we've noted many times now, in the aftermath of high profile shootings in the United States, a predictable pattern…

7 years ago
  • In The News

Play Where’s Waldo on Google Maps; best April Fool’s 2018

It's that time of the year again, where the Internet is rife with digital tomfoolery. April Fool's fell on Easter…

7 years ago
  • Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg outlines Facebook’s response to data leak on 50 million users

In the latest development to the news that personal information of over 50 million Facebook users was leaked to the…

7 years ago
  • Facebook

The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica debacle explained simply

The Cambridge Analytica debacle is the perfect example that demonstrates why you really need to stop installing Facebook apps you…

7 years ago
  • YouTube

YouTube tackles conspiracy videos with “information cues”

YouTube has announced it is to try and fight fake news by offering their viewers "information cues" on videos that…

7 years ago
  • In The News

Facebook remove and ban Britain First Facebook pages – a look back

Facebook has announced it has banned the Facebook pages belonging to Britain First and its leaders. Those pages have now…

7 years ago
  • Internet Hoaxes

The largest ever study of fake news has a very worrying conclusion

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has concluded the largest study to date on the spread of online fake news.…

7 years ago
  • In The News

Online conspiracy theorists arrested at Sutherland Springs Church

Conspiracy theories often run amok online during the aftermath of mass shootings, especially shootings that occur across the United States.…

7 years ago
  • In The News

Florida lawmaker aide fired amidst Parkland shooting “crisis actor” claims

Benjamin Kelly, an aide to Florida state representative Shawn Harrison, has been fired after he claimed to a journalist that…

7 years ago