• Facebook Works to Ban Fake Information Ahead of Mid-Term Elections

    Facebook Works to Ban Fake Information Ahead of Mid-Term Elections

    We are just weeks away from the mid-term elections, and Facebook is on high alert. I mean, you can’t blame them after what happened during the 2016 presidential election.  So now they are banning spreading false information about voting requirements, but they will also “fact-check fake reports of violence or long lines at polling stations”. …

  • Facebook is Now Using Instagram to Track Your Location

    Facebook is Now Using Instagram to Track Your Location

    As you’re well aware, Instagram founders made an abrupt exit from Facebook.  The rumors are that they weren’t always happy as being seen as one of Facebook’s apps.  In fact, they had always wanted to be a standalone platform.  Given everything that Facebook has gone through over the last year, there’s no wonder why they…

  • Can Facebook Protect Themselves Against Future Hacks?

    Can Facebook Protect Themselves Against Future Hacks?

    On Friday, we found out that Facebook had been hacked.  But not just any hack.  This stunning security breach put 50 million Facebook users’ accounts at risk.  In the words of Facebook executives, the attack was “sophisticated” and its reach was “broad”.  What does that mean?  Well, it was a great hack.  Great, if you’re…