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Facebook Glitch Stopped Some Users With Lots of Posts From Deleting Their Accounts

For some Facebook users who posted a lot but decided they wanted to post no more, it appears a glitch prevented them from freeing themselves from the platform. According to a new report, there was a bug that inhibited users who had “a large number of posts” from deleting their Facebook accounts. VentureBeat reports that…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Are You Kidding Me, Facebook

Facebook is currently dealing with the fallout of a massive attack that compromised site security and allowed hackers to seize the access tokens of roughly 50 million accounts, potentially giving them full control of both the accounts and linked apps. It is still sorting out what user data might have been stolen. Amid all this,…

Social Media Tom McKay

New Lawsuit Claims Facebook Enabled Human Trafficking On Its Platform

A woman filed a lawsuit this week against a number of companies, alleging they helped enable the sexual exploitation of minors. The companies listed in the complaint include the now-defunct Backpage, a hotel chain, and Facebook. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, claims that all of these companies played a role in facilitating the sex trafficking…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

After Massive Breach, Facebook Says Hackers Didn’t Use Your Login to Access Third-Party Apps

Last week, Facebook disclosed a massive attack that compromised around 50 million login tokens—tokens that many feared could have been used to access thousands of third-party services, including Tinder and Airbnb. The social network’s ongoing investigation concluded today that this has not happened. In a statement to Reuters, Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president of product,…

Social Media Avery Ellis

Facebook Makes It Easier to Report Bullies

Facebook is taking steps to hinder harassment on the social media platform with an array of new anti-bullying tools. At the beginning of this year, Facebook tweaked the News Feed so users saw more posts from family and friends and less content from publishers and companies. Mark Zuckerberg said at the time he wanted to…

Social Media Jennings Brown

Facebook Could Face Up to $1.63 Billion Fine for Latest Hack Under the GDPR

Facebook’s stunning disclosure of a massive hack on Friday in which attackers gained access tokens to at least 50 million accounts—bypassing security measures and potentially giving them full control of both profiles and linked apps—has already stirred the threat of a $1.63 billion dollar fine in the European Union, according to the Wall Street Journal.…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook Reportedly Defeats Government Demand to Wiretap Messenger Calls

A joint federal-state task force tracking the MS-13 gang tried and failed to force Facebook to help it wiretap calls made through its Messenger app, Reuters reported on Friday, even launching an unsuccessful attempt to hold the social media titan in contempt of court for refusing to do so. Reuters reported that a federal judge…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook’s Already Getting Sued for Data Breach Affecting 50 Million Profiles

Earlier today, Facebook announced to the public that a series of vulnerabilities had allowed hackers access to an estimated 50 million user profiles. The company now faces its first class-action lawsuit over its apparent inability to protect this data, likely the first of many such suits to come if the legal fallout after the Cambridge…

Social Media Avery Ellis

50 Million Facebook Accounts Affected in Massive Security Breach

An estimated 50 million Facebook user profiles were affected by a security breach, the company confirmed in a blog post today. The breach could have allowed attackers to take over the accounts of affected users, as well as login into a vast number of external sites using Facebook’s single sign-on feature. The full extent of…

Social Media Avery Ellis

Rich Dude Feud: Facebook Exec Overshares, Calls WhatsApp Founder ‘Low-Class’

Today has been exciting for anyone who cares about tension among Big Tech’s ultra-rich, as two executives have thrown barbs over Facebook’s management ethos. The beef heated up this morning when Forbes published an interview with WhatsApp founder Brian Acton. Acton left Facebook a year ago—three and a half years after selling WhatsApp to Facebook…

Social Media Jennings Brown

Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information

Last week, I ran an ad on Facebook that was targeted at a computer science professor named Alan Mislove. Mislove studies how privacy works on social networks and had a theory that Facebook is letting advertisers reach users with contact information collected in surprising ways. I was helping him test the theory by targeting him…

Social Media Kashmir Hill

Mark Zuckerberg Blamed for Instagram Founders’ Departure

On Monday, the founders of Instagram announced they were leaving to focus on new opportunities. To the surprise of no one, it’s looking like the problem was the CEO of Instagram’s parent company, Facebook. And with those meddlesome founders out of the way, users should worry about a Facebook-ified Insta. For several years, Facebook was…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Facebook Sued by Former Content Moderator Over ‘Debilitating PTSD’

Facebook likes to outsource its most egregious issues, and weeding out the platform’s gruesome and graphic content is no exception. On Friday, a former Facebook content moderator sued the social network, alleging that she suffers from psychological trauma as a result of the job. Selena Scola was a content moderator contracted by Facebook from around…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Facebook’s Woes Grow as Instagram Co-Founders Bail

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger plan to leave their jobs at the company in the coming weeks, according to a report in the New York Times on Monday. The co-founders later confirmed the news on Instagram’s blog. According to sources who spoke with the paper under the condition of anonymity, the two high-ups are…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook Says It Will Stop Sending Employees to Help Political Campaigns In-Person

The 2016 Presidential Election was undoubtedly the worst thing that’s ever happened to Facebook, and it’s doing everything it can to signal that it wants to avoid a repeat of that nightmare. On Thursday, it told reporters that it will stop dispatching employees to work directly with political campaigns. Facebook and other major digital advertising…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Facebook Wants You to Know It Has an Election ‘War Room’

The astonishing scope of election interference on the world’s biggest social platforms came glaringly to light following the 2016 presidential election. The issue is hardly resolved, so it should not come as a surprise that Facebook has created a team—and a room—dedicated to weeding out disinformation in the run-up to the U.S. midterm elections. It’s…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

ACLU Files Charges Against Facebook for Enabling Advertisers to Target Only Young Men for Jobs

On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Facebook and 10 other companies over alleged age and gender discrimination in targeted employment ads. Facebook has repeatedly been called out for enabling advertisers to exclude certain groups of people from seeing certain types of ads, such as for…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Facebook Is Expanding Photo Fact-Checking Across 17 Countries

Facebook is expanding the scope of its fact-checking partnerships to include photo and video posts in 17 countries, ramping up its effort to hinder election meddling as the U.S. midterms approach. The company first opened up in March about fact checking photos and videos as a part of a broader plan to fight election interference…

Social Media Jennings Brown

Drama Over Shirtless Selfie in Houseplant Hobby Group Inspires Wave of Plant Nude Trolling

Since the dawn of time, human beings have been covering their naughty bits with flora—or at least that’s what the classicist motif of putting fig leaves over nudity would have you believe. This age-old practice recently saw a social media resurgence, with dozens of Facebook users posting their own semi-nude plant photos online. Over the…

Social Media Tom McKay

Mark Zuckerberg Makes It Clear: Apple Has More Guts Than Facebook

He may be the most beleaguered and mistrusted CEO of any major tech company, but if an enormous new profile of Mark Zuckerberg makes one thing clear, he’s not as dumb as Twitter’s CEO. If you need catching up on the trials and tribulations of Zuck, the New Yorker has a 14,000-word profile that will…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Facebook Glitch Stopped Some Users With Lots of Posts From Deleting Their Accounts

Are You Kidding Me, Facebook

New Lawsuit Claims Facebook Enabled Human Trafficking On Its Platform

After Massive Breach, Facebook Says Hackers Didn’t Use Your Login to Access Third-Party Apps

Facebook Makes It Easier to Report Bullies

Facebook Could Face Up to $1.63 Billion Fine for Latest Hack Under the GDPR

Facebook Reportedly Defeats Government Demand to Wiretap Messenger Calls

Facebook’s Already Getting Sued for Data Breach Affecting 50 Million Profiles

50 Million Facebook Accounts Affected in Massive Security Breach

Rich Dude Feud: Facebook Exec Overshares, Calls WhatsApp Founder ‘Low-Class’

Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information

Mark Zuckerberg Blamed for Instagram Founders’ Departure

Facebook Sued by Former Content Moderator Over ‘Debilitating PTSD’

Facebook’s Woes Grow as Instagram Co-Founders Bail

Facebook Says It Will Stop Sending Employees to Help Political Campaigns In-Person

Facebook Wants You to Know It Has an Election ‘War Room’

ACLU Files Charges Against Facebook for Enabling Advertisers to Target Only Young Men for Jobs

Facebook Is Expanding Photo Fact-Checking Across 17 Countries

Drama Over Shirtless Selfie in Houseplant Hobby Group Inspires Wave of Plant Nude Trolling

Mark Zuckerberg Makes It Clear: Apple Has More Guts Than Facebook

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Facebook Glitch Stopped Some Users With Lots of Posts From Deleting Their Accounts

Are You Kidding Me, Facebook

New Lawsuit Claims Facebook Enabled Human Trafficking On Its Platform

After Massive Breach, Facebook Says Hackers Didn’t Use Your Login to Access Third-Party Apps

Facebook Makes It Easier to Report Bullies

Facebook Could Face Up to $1.63 Billion Fine for Latest Hack Under the GDPR

Facebook Reportedly Defeats Government Demand to Wiretap Messenger Calls

Facebook’s Already Getting Sued for Data Breach Affecting 50 Million Profiles

50 Million Facebook Accounts Affected in Massive Security Breach

Rich Dude Feud: Facebook Exec Overshares, Calls WhatsApp Founder ‘Low-Class’

Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information

Mark Zuckerberg Blamed for Instagram Founders’ Departure

Facebook Sued by Former Content Moderator Over ‘Debilitating PTSD’

Facebook’s Woes Grow as Instagram Co-Founders Bail

Facebook Says It Will Stop Sending Employees to Help Political Campaigns In-Person

Facebook Wants You to Know It Has an Election ‘War Room’

ACLU Files Charges Against Facebook for Enabling Advertisers to Target Only Young Men for Jobs

Facebook Is Expanding Photo Fact-Checking Across 17 Countries

Drama Over Shirtless Selfie in Houseplant Hobby Group Inspires Wave of Plant Nude Trolling

Mark Zuckerberg Makes It Clear: Apple Has More Guts Than Facebook

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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