Ad Scammers Need Suckers, and Facebook Helps Find Them

How Facebook helps shady advertisers pollute the internet.

Facebook bows to WA state pressure to remove “discriminatory” ad filters

WA state investigation included 20 fake ads—and FB approved all of them.

Facebook’s Attack on Research is Everyone's Problem

Facebook recently banned the accounts of several New York University (NYU) researchers who run Ad Observer, an accountability project that tracks paid disinformation, from its platform. This has

Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Gambling Scam Ads on Facebook, Instagram - iGamingToday.com - News, insights and Slots review

The Consumer Federation of America has taken Meta to court, accusing the company of misleading users about how it tackles fraudulent advertising on Facebook and Instagram. Filed in Washington, DC, the lawsuit claims Meta’s handling of scam ads, including scam gambling sites, violates local consumer protection laws.  Unlike scams that rely on direct contact with […]

Project 'Ghostbusters': Facebook secretly spied on Snapchat data, docs allege

New docs from a monopoly lawsuit shed light on Facebook's "Ghostbusters" project.

Facebook Had Years to Fix the Flaw That Leaked 500M Users’ Data

Software makers can’t catch every bug every time, but Facebook had ample warning about the privacy problems with its “contact import” feature.

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We've also tried Facebook marketing. In this blog post we describe our successes and failures with the marketing channel Facebook.

Facebook's alleged use of APIs to crush competition is a warning to other data companies

Forget Instagram and WhatsApp. The real villains in the FTC lawsuit are Facebook's abuse of data and APIs.

How Facebook Knows When Its Ads Influence Your Offline Purchases

It has happened to you, and it has probably happened more than once. But you may not have realized why. And you may not have known you were helping to change online advertising and, well, advertising in general. Chances are, you’ve bought a hat or a scarf or a Christmas ornament at a department store \[…\]

Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming

Meta removed 10.9 million Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to “criminal scam centers” last year, the company announced on Wednesday.

Report: Facebook helped advertisers target teens who feel “worthless” [Updated]

Leaked 2017 document reveals FB Australia's intent to exploit teens' words, images.

Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real

The once-prophesized future where cheap, AI-generated trash content floods out the hard work of real humans is already here, and is already taking over Facebook.

Facebook Data Privacy Scandal: A Cheat Sheet - TechRepublic

Read about the saga of Facebook's failures in ensuring privacy for user data, including how it relates to Cambridge Analytica, the GDPR, the Brexit campaign, and the 2016 US presidential election.

Facebook, MySpace Confront Privacy Loophole

Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers' names and other personal details, despite promises they don't share such information without consent.