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8 Oct 2018 Facebook says there is no virus attached to the recent hoax message A Facebook hoax message is going around that targets the user telling them someone cloned their account and to forward the message… 3 Oct 2018 Facebook breach leaves thousands of other apps vulnerable The breach affecting 50m accounts took advantage of ‘tokens’, a system used by third-party platforms such as Spotify. Last Friday, the social… 2 Oct 2018 Ireland’s data protection commission opens case into Facebook cyber attack which affected 50m users Ireland’s data regulator has opened a case into the cyber attack that allowed hackers to access up to 50m Facebook accounts. The… 28 Sep 2018 Breaking News: Facebook says 50 million user accounts have been affected by a security breach Facebook says 50 million user accounts have been affected by a security breach. The company said engineers discovered the incident took place… 17 Sep 2018 Balkans – Disinformation age challenges in the new ‘battle’ for Macedonia As Macedonians prepare for the most important vote in their nation’s history, scores of Facebook posts are urging voters to burn their… 10 Sep 2018 A new bill to deal with increasing hate-speech in Britain An MP in the UK is introducing a bill in parliament aimed to educate people to be more resilient and better able… 29 Aug 2018 Trump has warned Google, Twitter and Facebook they are “treading on troubled territory US President Donald Trump has warned Google, Twitter and Facebook they are "treading on troubled territory" amid a row over perceived bias.… 22 Aug 2018 Facebook removes 652 Russia and Iran linked pages for spreading misinformation ahead of US congress elections Facebook says it has removed 652 accounts and web pages linked to Russia and Iran for spreading political misinformation ahead of the… 19 Aug 2018 US government wants Facebook to break Messenger’s encryption Reuters report that the U.S. government is trying to force Facebook to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app. The U.S.… 1 Aug 2018 Facebook discovers network of suspected Russian-linked accounts aimed at interfering in US mid-terms Dozens of Facebook fake accounts are being used to try and change the result of November's U.S. midterm election, the company reported.… 27 Jul 2018 Facebook – Why it lost $120 billion in one day? It was one of the biggest one-day losses in US corporate history. At the start of the day, Facebook was valued at… 21 Jul 2018 Facebook suspends another data firm on possible violations CNBC/Euronews reports that Facebook, which is still dealing with fallout from the scandal over user data improperly obtained by consulting firm Cambridge…