Meta was successful in obtaining a court judgment against a Belarusian programmer last week. The programmer was accused of delivering millions of automated likes to the Instagram accounts of hisRead More →
Since it was acquired by Facebook, Instagram has become one of the five most popular social media platforms in the world, accumulating some 500 million active users a day andRead More →
After an investigation by the non-governmental organization Brennan Center for Justice, it was discovered that a couple of years ago the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) hired the services ofRead More →
Facebook post moderation mechanisms used to apply the company’s rules without distinction, or at least that was until actors, actresses, celebrities, politicians and artists began to complain that not allRead More →
U.S. authorities have sentenced a New York-based citizen to three years in prison for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme that led to the hacking of multiple social media accounts.Read More →
For thousands of people around the world, their social media profiles have become an important work too and revenue source, so they have also become a really attractive target forRead More →
In an attempt to attract more people interested in protecting their online privacy, the Signal encrypted messaging service launched an advertising campaign on Instagram to show users how amazing amountsRead More →
A recent trend of digital fraud is the cloning of accounts, in which criminals create social media accounts, mainly Instagram, using screenshots of the target account to try to trickRead More →
The cybersecurity community continues to report bugs on Instagram. This time, a researcher received a $6,000 USD bounty after discovering that the social network stores photos and Direct Messages (MD)Read More →