October 18, 2018 Facebook finds hack was done by spammers, not foreign state Facebook believes that the hackers who gained access to the private information of 30 million of its users were spammers looking to make money through deceptive advertising, according to people familiar with the company’s internal investigation.
October 17, 2018 Army veteran wages war on social-media disinformation Kris Goldsmith’s campaign to get Facebook Inc. to close fake accounts targeting U.S. veterans started with a simple search.
October 17, 2018 Facebook posts may reveal your depression, study says Facebook is able to predict whether users are suffering from depression based on their status updates, according to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
October 17, 2018 Facebook to ban voting misinformation as midterm elections approach Facebook is cracking down on efforts to prevent voter suppression with the midterms less than a month away.
October 12, 2018 Facebook says hackers accessed phone numbers, email addresses as part of latest breach Facebook said hackers were able to access phone numbers, email addresses and search information as part of the most recent data breach, although it said the breach affected about 30 million, fewer than previously thought.
October 11, 2018 Facebook purges over 800 accounts and pages, clamps down on ‘inauthentic behavior’ Less than a month before the U.S. midterm elections, Facebook has purged more than 800 pages and accounts as the social network clamps down on “inauthentic behavior.”
October 9, 2018 Facebook friend request hoax goes viral: Don't fall for these messages At first glance, it appears like a caring friend is trying to warn you about your Facebook account potentially being hacked — but it's actually a hoax.
October 4, 2018 Facebook executive's Kavanaugh support triggers backlash for Zuckerberg Hundreds of Facebook employees have criticized a top executive after he attended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's hearing last week in a show of support for the federal judge, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday.
October 3, 2018 Facebook could be forced to pay you nearly $8G after ‘disaster’ hack attack that left 50M users exposed Hacked Facebook users could be owed as much as 6,000 pounds ($7,800) in compensation as a result of the security breach revealed last week.
