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Facebook Hacked: Up to 50 Million Users Affected
By Andrew E. Freedman published
An attack on Facebook's network led to a breach affecting nearly 50 million of the social network's users, with 40 million more possibly vulnerable.

WhatsApp Co-Founder Talks Selling 'Users' Privacy' to Facebook
By Nathaniel Mott published
WhatsApp's co-founder has broken his silence to offer a first-hand account of the company's repeated clashes with Facebook over advertising and user privacy.

Facebook Uses 2FA Contact Info for Targeted Ads
By Nathaniel Mott published
Researchers discovered that Facebook lets advertise target people based on the phone numbers they use for 2FA and contact information shared by other users.

Poll: Americans Have Become More Cautious About Facebook
By Nathaniel Mott published
New poll from Pew shows Facebook users are changing their privacy settings and deleting the mobile app.
Facebook, Google Want to Write the Federal Privacy Law
By Lucian Armasu published
Tech firms whose primary source of income comes from advertising are reportedly lobbying to write the rules in the upcoming U.S. federal privacy bill.

Google Joins Facebook, Twitter In Deleting Iran-Linked Accounts
By Nathaniel Mott published
Google joined Facebook and Twitter in removing accounts linked to an Iranian "influence operation" from YouTube, Blogger and Google+.

Facebook and FireEye Detect More Foreign Interference with US Midterms
By Nathaniel Mott published
Iran allegedly attempted to influence people in the UK, Latin America, and the Middle East as well as the U.S. via "inauthentic" Facebook and Instagram posts.

US Feds Want to Wiretap Facebook Messenger Voice Calls
By Lucian Armasu published
The U.S. government reportedly wants to compel Facebook to decrypt end-to-end encrypted voice communications conducted between some of its Messenger users.
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