Meta’s number-one app has achieved a landmark moment amid a quarter of positive revenue growth Facebook, the world’s largest social network, exceeded 3 billion monthly active users for the first time, its parent company Meta reported today (July 26) in its second-quarter (pdf) financial results. In recent months, Meta has emphasized its work with artificial intelligence, virtual reality projects and […]
A new cybercrime group has been identified by Malwarebytes to be targeting business owners who use Facebook’s advertising tools. In a report from the company, Senior Threat Researcher Jérôme Segura noted, “there’s been a resurgence in sponsored posts and accounts that impersonate Meta/Facebook’s own Ads Manager” promising better ad performance. The attack, which leads victims to install […]
Facebook has been the undisputed king of the social media landscape since it usurped Myspace from its throne in 2008. Since then, it has ballooned to nearly three billion users worldwide, becoming one of the most universal apps in the world. With over five billion downloads on the Play Store, you’ve probably had it on […]
S1deload Stealer uses social media posts to infect unsuspecting users Getting your Facebook hacked is bad enough as it is but a newly discovered malware campaign is making the rounds online that not only hijacks your Facebook and YouTube accounts but also steals your passwords. The malware in question has been dubbed S1deload Stealer by researchers at […]
Social networking giant Meta announced Tuesday it would soon reinstate former president Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram with “new guardrails,” two years after he was banned over the 2021 US Capitol insurrection. “We will be reinstating Mr. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks,” Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, […]
The Facebook Gaming app is being shut down. The Facebook Gaming team posted a message in the Facebook Gaming app alerting users and streamers that the app will no longer be available for iOS and Android beginning October 28. Although the Facebook Gaming app will be delisted from the Google Play Store and the Apple […]
Meta, the internet giant is being sued for trademark infringement by a 12-year-old VR startup with the same name. According to the firm, the misunderstanding brought on by Facebook’s rebranding has hurt its operations. A VR company called Meta is suing the tech giant formerly known as Facebook after it changed its name to Meta. […]
Facebook and Instagram are removing posts from users that offer help accessing abortion pills, saying they violate a policy around pharmaceuticals. Following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday, social media users have shared posts offering to mail abortion pills to people whose access to abortion has been stripped away or will be soon. But […]
Facebook took on Etsy and eBay all the way back in 2016, with the launch of Marketplace, a feature within the main Facebook app that you can use to buy and sell goods. We’ve seen it work really well on a local basis because it’s so simple to see free and paid-for items that are around where […]
The Russian government on Monday, March 21, officially banned Facebook and Instagram from the country for what amounts to failing to police discussion of Russia’s ongoing and deadly invasion of Ukraine. This is coming from a report monitored on TASS, a Russian state-owned media outlet, which notes that as of now WhatsApp, another service owned by Meta […]
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