It won’t happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it’s handling kids’ privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates.
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‘Privacy policy change’ hoax infects Instagram; it confirms it’s crud
Multiple celebs fell for this one. Don’t believe them – it’s as much as a hoax as it’s always been.
Facebook delivers ‘clear history’ tool that doesn’t ‘clear’ anything
The new feature “disconnects,” but doesn’t delete, your browsing history. Facebook will still use it for analytics.
HOAX ALERT! Facebook ‘deadline’ on making your content public is fake
There’s no privacy Armageddon coming “TOMORROW!” If there was, you couldn’t copy and paste your way out of it!
Did Facebook know about “View As” bug before 2018 breach?
Even though Facebook protected employees, it failed to fix the vulnerability or to protect most users, a court filing charges.
Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats
Facebook says it’s paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze.
Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead
The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.
Instagram boots ad partner for location tracking and scraping stories
A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users’ locations and stories.
Facebook is working on mind-reading
The completely non-evil-genius goal: a wearable, noninvasive device that could translate thoughts into text, for the speech impaired or VR.
Five Eyes nations demand access to encrypted messaging
The alliance wants tech companies to build backdoor access to users’ encrypted data, by force if necessary.