Meta’s Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users in US
Facebook and Instagram both experienced outages on Monday, according to the website Downdetector. As of 1:44 p.m. ET, more than 8,000 people had reported issues on Facebook and 4,000 on Instagram, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating situation reports from numerous sources. More than one case has been reported. Facebook and Instagram both […]
Scammers exploit grief with fake funeral streaming on Facebook
Fraudsters use everything from social engineering with human authentication pages to impersonating government agencies to deceive users. There would be limits to their tactics, certainly you would think they wouldn't use someone's death to deceive those who are grieving. Unfortunately, that's incorrect. A new scam has surfaced where malicious actors claim to offer video streaming […]
FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Falsely Claims Kamala Harris Borrowed Quote From Karl Marx
image shared on facebook Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic candidate, claims to have borrowed the phrase from Karl Marx: “Freed from the burdens of the past.” Verdict: False This quote does not appear in any of Marx's works, including The Communist Manifesto, and there is no other evidence that Harris borrowed the quote […]
Facebook, Instagram users outraged over AI training with user posts: ‘F–k right off’
It is causing user short circuit. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, introduced artificial intelligence to train people's posts, sparking a backlash against the social media site. While there is an announcement that Meta will be Train an AI model using public postsa ChatGPT-like program called Llama 2 (there has since been an […]
Escort who live-streamed her mother’s murder on Facebook pleads insanity
A former California escort who stabbed his mother to death during a Facebook livestream has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Tonantzin Oris Beltrán, 29, added a plea of insanity to his initial not guilty plea in court Thursday. Tonantzin Oris Beltran, 29, is accused of murdering his mother, Olivia Lucia Beltrán Pacheco, 55. […]
FACT CHECK: Facebook Image Purporting To Show Kamala Harris With P. Diddy Is Altered
image shared on facebook It claims to show 2024 Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. Verdict: False The digitally altered image shows Harris and former talk show host and actor Montel Williams, not Combs. Fact check: Harris leads former President Donald Trump in Michigan, 48% to 43%, according to the […]
Facebook Bans RT and Other Russian State Media
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said on Monday that Russian state media had been banned from its platforms around the world, citing “foreign interference activities.” Meta said The expansion of “enforcement” against Russian state-run media was carried out after “careful consideration.” The bans specifically included RT, formerly known as Russia Today, […]
Meta bans RT, Russian media outlets from Facebook, Instagram
Meta said it had banned Russia Today, a state-run media outlet, and other networks controlled by President Vladimir Putin's administration for alleged “foreign interference activities.” Russia-based broadcasters and websites, such as RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other related media, will no longer be available to users of Meta's social networks, such as Facebook and Instagram. “After […]
Republicans push against Facebook board billionaire John Arnold
Ahead of the election, Republican lawmakers have sounded the alarm about Texas billionaire John Arnold, who was appointed to Meta's board earlier this year, warning that he could undermine efforts to maintain free speech and openness on Facebook ahead of the presidential election. Arnold, whose net worth is estimated at $2.9 billion according to Forbes […]
Rep. Tim Walberg Slams Meta for ‘Unacceptable’ Response to Illicit Drug Ads on Facebook and Instagram
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) criticized Mark Zuckerberg's meta response to a bipartisan group of lawmakers about illegal drug advertising on Facebook and Instagram as insufficient. CNBC Reports Meta, the parent company of social media giants Facebook and Instagram, has come under fire from Republican lawmakers for its “unacceptable” response to concerns raised by a bipartisan […]