Hundreds of thousands of supposedly self-destructing Snapchat snaps have been apparently jimmied out of the database for SnapSaved.com, a third-party website not affiliated with Snapchat which allows users to save unopened photos from Snapchat without the sender knowing the images have been saved.
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Facebook warns against buying fake likes, but the fans-for-sale industry is booming
Facebook is taking another swipe at fraudulent likes that artificially inflate a Facebook Page’s number of fans.
‘Anti-Facebook’ Ello: swamped with privacy-hungry refugees, bouncing back from DDoS
Either somebody really, really hates the idea of a social media platform that doesn’t sell ads based on user data, or Ello is so popular it got trampled. Either way, it’s been an outage-plagued few days for the service that thinks ad-based social networks are corrupt. 
Snapchat says fat spam is not its fault
Have your Snapchat friends taken to calling you fat recently? If so, don’t get mad at them – their suggestion that you pop a weight loss pill is probably the result of having their account hacked.
Facebook meets with LGBT community over real-name policy
Facebook’s recently been cracking down on stage names, locking drag queens and transgenders out of their accounts until they switch accounts to their legal names. After mounting protests, Facebook reps scheduled a meeting with San Francisco activists and city officials over its real-name policy, which many say discriminates against the LGBT community.
Teen’s open Facebook invite leads to 500 unexpected gatecrashers
Maybe there’s a better way to impress a girl than hosting a party where she invites all her gazillion Facebook friends to trash your mum’s house. 
Facebook wants you to know that Messenger is not spying on you
After a long build-up of rumors surrounding the Messenger app’s required permissions to access the device’s camera and microphone, Facebook is finally attempting to set the record straight.
Online dating scammer targeted elderly victims out of $1.1million
32-year-old Kris Koranteng has been arrested and charged with 11 separate counts, including conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. He and his crew are thought to have sought out vulnerable love-seekers on popular dating sites including Match.com and Chemistry.com. 
Social media users don’t like discussing Snowden and surveillance online
Just 42% of those surveyed said they were willing to air their views or enter a discussion on Facebook or Twitter but 86% said they would be happy to discuss the NSA surveillance program in a face-to-face setting.
How to improve your Twitter security and privacy
We don’t lump Twitter in the same privacy bracket as, say, Facebook. But like any social network, Twitter is vulnerable to oversharing, data leakage and unintended consequences. We take a look at Twitter’s privacy settings, find out what they really mean, and tell you how fix them up right now, before it’s too late.