WeChat denies Australia PM's account was hacked
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's WeChat account has disappeared, prompting accusations of Chinese "interference" from senior members of his government Monday.
Jan 24, 2022
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Facebook halts small Iranian group targeting U.S. users on social network
Facebook has taken down three networks, each of which used "coordinated inauthentic behavior" to exploit other users and spread misinformation across Facebook and Instagram.
Feb 13, 2020
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Facebook purges more accounts linked to Russia in new crackdown
Facebook said Wednesday it purged dozens of accounts linked to Russian military intelligence in the latest effort to root out manipulation and disinformation of the huge social network.
Feb 12, 2020
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Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible UK vote interference
The prospect of Russian interference in Britain's election flared anew Saturday after the social media platform Reddit concluded that people from Russia leaked confidential British government documents on Brexit trade talks ...
Dec 8, 2019
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Facebook's Libra: It's not the 'crypto' that's the issue, it's the organisation behind it
In all the hype that has surrounded its Libra currency, Facebook has been able to distract attention away from an important issue. Libra is being hyped as Facebook's bitcoin but it's really a proposal for a global payments ...
Aug 7, 2019
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