Since 2018, Facebook has been dealing with the aftershocks of the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal when it came to light that the social media giant was allowing third-party apps to scrape user info. And those ramifications are still being felt today. Just this week, a judge ruled that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other…

It’s not surprising, but reports have poured in over the past few months that scammers are looking to cash in on the summer festival and concert season by peddling fake tickets to Facebook users. These scams can be difficult to detect, and it’s almost impossible to get your money back if you fall victim to…

When Facebook introduced its paid blue check verification system, the goal was to reassure users that the accounts they interact with are genuine. However, according to a report from Mashable this week, that system may have already backfired. A number of verified Facebook business pages have allegedly been hacked, with their names and URLs changed…

It’s no surprise that an increasing amount of financial scams are happening on Facebook. However, the sheer number of users who are being taken advantage of is shocking. According to a review of its internal data, the bank TSB says that 80 percent of fraud cases within its three biggest fraud categories came from Meta-owned…

For as long as Facebook has been a popular platform, the spread of malware has been a problem. However, according to a report from Facebook’s own security researchers, there are “aggressive and persistent” new threats on the platform that are targeting businesses in order to run fraudulent ad campaigns. According to the social media giant,…

This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) threatened Facebook with a new round of restrictions for allegedly violating children’s privacy through the Messenger Kids app. According to the regulatory agency, the social media giant misrepresented that kids using this app would only be able to communicate with people approved by their parents. The FTC says…

This week, a team of security researchers announced that they have discovered a massive malware campaign running through Facebook Ads that has infected about half a million users around the world over the past three months. This campaign, which has been traced to a Vietnamese cybercriminal, uses Facebook Ads promoting free porn to entice users…

This week, Facebook came under more fire for its treatment of young users when the city of Providence, Rhode Island, filed a lawsuit against the social media giant for “the surge in mental, emotional, and social issues among this population.” This lawsuit accuses Facebook of being a “public nuisance” that is negligent in how it…

This week, a bombshell report in The Guardian accused Facebook and Instagram of still harboring tons of child sex traffickers despite promises to clean up the problem. According to a 2020 report from the nonprofit Human Trafficking Institute, Facebook was by far the most widely used platform to recruit children into sex trafficking, with 65…

When something goes wrong with Facebook, many users understandably suspect hackers or other bad actors are behind the problem. However, the company can cause damage with bugs and glitches all on its own. For instance, this week, a bug in Facebook’s ad platform caused some customers to get charged hundreds of thousands of dollars more…

This week, a team of security researchers revealed that they have found more than 3,200 scam Facebook profiles that are impersonating the social media giant itself in order to steal users’ account credentials. This relatively simple scam involves hackers creating phishing websites that look like the main Facebook log-in page. Then, they target the accounts…

For years, Facebook has promised to roll out end-to-end encryption for Messenger users to help them better protect their privacy. However, many law enforcement agencies have raised concerns about this, arguing that this blanket protection could also shield child abusers and other criminals. That’s why this week a coalition of 15 law enforcement agencies from…