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 · 8 min read

If Facebook isn’t spying on me, why did I get ads for what I just spoke about?

Have you ever been talking with someone, either face-to-face or over the phone, and they’ve mentioned a product they like, a show they’ve started watching, or a new subscription service they’re trying out? Chances are you have- that’s just a part of everyday conversation. But have you ever been scrolling through Facebook or Instagram after that […]

Brittany Hambleton

Brittany Hambleton

Freelance Contributor

 · 4 min read

Facebook’s New Nightmare—Is It Time To Delete Your Account?

Do you still have your Facebook account? If so, how often do you use it? If you answered yes to the first question and “hardly ever” to the second, take this as your hint to delete your account. VICE recently published a leaked document from Facebook engineers that proves that they actually have no way […]

Julie Hambleton

Julie Hambleton

Freelance Writer

 · 4 min read

Meta plans ‘Zuck bucks’ virtual coins for Facebook and Instagram users

Since the dawn of Bitcoin, the concept of cryptocurrencies has boomed in popularity across the globe. More and more cryptocurrencies have since been developed. Well, now there are even various types of coins that have been developed that serve a particular function. With all the variations, one might have wondered when Facebook and other social […]

Jade Small

Jade Small

Freelance Writer

 · 4 min read

Facebook Agrees To Pay Out $90,000,0000 To Users Over Data Tracking

Facebook, or Meta as it referred to know, has agreed to pay a sum of $90 million to settle a lawsuit that goes back a decade. The lawsuit had alleged that the social media platform was tracking the internet activity of users even after they had logged out. A preliminary settlement was filed on Monday […]

Mayukh Saha

Mayukh Saha

Freelance Writer

 · 4 min read

Facebook Says It’s Your Fault That Hackers Got Half a Billion User Phone Numbers

By now, Facebook is no stranger to massive privacy breaches. Over half a billion users’ data was posted online in a low-level hacking forum. The company originally dismissed this hack, claiming this breach happened in 2019. Although the phone numbers, full names, locations, bios, birthdays, and email addresses of their users are still public. [1] […]

Sarah Biren

Sarah Biren

Freelance Writer

 · 3 min read

How to check if you’re part of the Facebook data breach

You’ve likely heard about the Facebook data breach that happened over the weekend. If you haven’t, I’ll get you up to speed: Some posted information on 503 million Facebook users in a hacker forum online, and Facebook won’t be telling you if you’re one of them. (1) Here’s what you can do about it. Facebook […]

Julie Hambleton

Julie Hambleton

Freelance Writer

 · 3 min read

Someone Paid $650,000 For A Nonexistent Yacht In The Metaverse

$650,000 for an ultra-high-tech yacht is not an exorbitant price tag. But, there’s a catch: this one is in the metaverse – a virtual universe for a digital game. In other words, the yacht does not exist in reality and no living person can ever sail on it physically. Only players inside the game called […]

Mayukh Saha

Mayukh Saha

Freelance Writer