Source: Casey Newton, theVerge.com, April 24, 2018 Facebook makes its community guidelines public and introduces an appeals process Last May, The Guardian published a leaked copy of Facebook’s content moderation guidelines, which describe the company’s policies for determining whether posts should be removed from the service. Almost a year later, Facebook is making an expanded set of those guidelines available… Continue reading What you can (and can’t) do on Facebook
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Cambridge Analytica used other quizzes to gather Facebook data, former employee testifies
Source: Colin Lecher, TheVerge.com, April 17, 2018 Cambridge Analytica and its partners used data from previously unknown “Facebook-connected questionnaires” to obtain user data from the social media service, according to testimony from a former Cambridge Analytica employee. Brittany Kaiser provided evidence to the British Parliament today as part of a hearing on fake news. Kaiser,… Continue reading Cambridge Analytica used other quizzes to gather Facebook data, former employee testifies
Farmers Take Rural Crime Fight Online
Source: Karen Briere , Producer.com, April 12, 2018 Nick Cornea never imagined that a Facebook page he started for farmers to discuss crime would take off the way it did. A month after the Briercrest, Sask., farmer established Farmers Against Rural Crime, it had more than 16,225 members from coast to coast. What’s more, the discussion… Continue reading Farmers Take Rural Crime Fight Online
How to check if your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica
Source: Tom Warren, TheVerge.com, April 10, 2018 A simple link to check Facebook has started notifying up to 87 million people that their information was improperly obtained by Cambridge Analytica, but not everyone has received the notification yet. If you haven’t seen the prompt in your News Feed, there’s a simple way to check your account. Facebook’s… Continue reading How to check if your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica
Can You Use a Fake Name On Facebook?
Source: Harry Guinness, HowToGeek.com, April 3, 2018 Facebook has always had a real names policy, where you agree that your profile name is “the name [you] go by in everyday life.” Obviously, you can type in a fake name, and you may get away with it for a while. But it isn’t allowed, and it… Continue reading Can You Use a Fake Name On Facebook?
What to Do if Your Facebook Account Gets “Hacked”
Source: Cameron Summerson, HowToGeek.com.com, March 24, 2018 A few days ago, I got a strange Facebook message from my uncle. It was clearly out of character for him, so I knew something was up: his account had been compromised. Here’s what to do if this happens to you or someone you know. The term “hacked” gets… Continue reading What to Do if Your Facebook Account Gets “Hacked”
How to Stop Facebook Giving Your Data to Third Parties
By Harry Guinness, HowToGeek.com, March 22, 2018 The Cambridge Analytica fiasco wasn’t really a data breach. Everything collected was allowed by Facebook’s Terms of Service. So, how can you protect yourself against these sort of things? The real problem here is Facebook’s API and platform. By logging into the Cambridge Analytica quiz app, Facebook users willingly… Continue reading How to Stop Facebook Giving Your Data to Third Parties
Facebook’s Zuckerberg sorry for ‘major breach of trust’
Source: Barbara Ortutay, Danica Kirka and Gregory Katz, The Associated Press , March 21, 2018 NEW YORK — Breaking five days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a “major breach of trust,” admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm. “I am… Continue reading Facebook’s Zuckerberg sorry for ‘major breach of trust’
How to use Facebook while giving it the minimum amount of personal data
Source: Nick Statt, TheVerge.com, March 20, 2018 The Cambridge Analytica revelations illustrate why we can’t trust Facebook to police its own platform Facebook has found itself embroiled in yet another colossal controversy related to how its sprawling, multibillion-person social network has been abused by bad actors. This time, the culprit is Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm… Continue reading How to use Facebook while giving it the minimum amount of personal data
How to Turn Off Facebook’s Face Recognition Features
Source: Lily Hay Newman, Wired.com, February 28, 2018 IN RECENT DAYS, more and more Facebook users started seeing a notification about how the social network uses its facial recognition technology. When Facebook first implemented the tech in 2013, it limited its use to suggesting tags in photos. In December, though, the company announced that it would expand face recognition’s… Continue reading How to Turn Off Facebook’s Face Recognition Features