The social network is trying to protect candidates, elected officials and their staff from “hackers and foreign adversaries”.
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Deepfake pics and videos set off Facebook’s fake news detector
The social network is expanding its effort to stamp out fake news.
Facebook’s robot coders step into the future of programming
Like a good junior programmer, Facebook’s AI is cutting its teeth with a bit of bug fixing.
Younger Facebook users 4 times more likely to delete app, study shows
They also appear to be more privacy-wary, with 64% changing their settings, comparing to just a third of older users.
Former NASA contractor arrested on charges of sextorting seven women
Richard Gregory Bauer allegedly weaseled private information out of the women on Facebook by pretending to be working on a class project.
How refusing to give police your Facebook password can lead to prison
A suspect will be jailed for 14 months for refusing to hand over his Facebook password to detectives investigating a 13-year-old’s murder.
‘Sick sadist’ admits to trolling dead people on social media
He was intoxicated while posting about high-profile tragedies involving the death of young people, adding torment to families’ grief.
Facebook: It’s too tough to find personal data in our huge warehouse
GDPR: it means give users their data when they ask for it, and Facebook’s refusal to do so has provoked an inquiry by the Irish DPC.
Facebook helps woman track down her brother’s killer after 37 years
The murder took place long before the World Wide Web, but Facebook turned up both the killer and his sons, who had witnessed the crime.
Facebook pulls its privacy-violating Onavo VPN from Apple’s App Store
Apple last week suggested that Facebook remove its Onavo security app from the App store due to privacy rule violations. On Wednesday, Facebook complied.