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Drone Sightings in New Jersey: Sleuths Flock to Facebook to Solve Mystery

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Steve Speeney of the New Jersey Mystery Drones - let's solve it Facebook group speaks about the group's 75,000 members.

More than half of all scams use Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp to target victims

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The social media platforms - all owned by social media behemoth Meta - were involved in as many as 54% of scam incidents last year.

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Facebook to pay $50million to hundreds of thousands of Aussies: Here's what you need to know

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Meta, which owns Facebook, agreed to the figure after nearly a year of mediation talks with the office of the Australian Information Commissioner, which launched the lawsuit March 2020.

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Meta Fined $264 Million By EU Watchdog Over 2018 Facebook Data Breach

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On Tuesday, The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced its final decisions following two inquiries into Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:META) Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL).

Mom Groups On Facebook Are Sharing The Reasons Why They Won't Let Their Kids See "Wicked," And The Things That Are Being Said Are Leaving People Wide-Eyed

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"I mean, you probably shouldn’t take a four-year-old to see Wicked anyway, but I’d say it’s pretty unlikely it’ll lead to a demon possession."

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Meta Fined €251 Million Over 2018 Facebook Data Breach Affecting 29 Million Users

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While Meta quickly resolved the issue, the DPC’s investigation found gaps in how the company documented and responded to the breach under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Jharkhand police register FIR for creating fake Facebook account of President Murmu

RANCHI: Ranchi Police on Tuesday registered an FIR at the Cyber Police Station in connection with an attempt to commit fraud by creating a fake Facebook account of President Droupadi Murmu. The matter was brought to the notice of Jharkhand…

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Facebook owner fined €251m by Irish data regulator for breaches

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Meta Platforms fine tied to 2018 data breach impacting 29m Facebook accounts globally

Meta Fined $264M for Security Breach in Facebook's 'View As' Feature

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The 2018 breach exposed the private profile data of millions of Facebook users globally.

Meta fined €251 million over data breach that affected 29 million Facebook users globally

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Social media company, Meta, has been slammed a €251 million in Europe over a 2018 personal data breach that impacted 29 million Facebook users globally.

Ireland Fines Meta $263m Over Multiple Facebook Hacking

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An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy on Tuesday announced that it fined Facebook’s parent company, Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that led to accounts being hacked. The Data…

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Ireland Fines Meta 251m Euros Over Facebook Hacks

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Over a two week period in 2018, unauthorised users were able to hack into around 29 million Facebook accounts globally.

The Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251M over a Facebook breach that affected ~29M users globally and ~3M in the EU and EEA in September 2018 (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

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The Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251M over a Facebook breach that affected ~29M users globally and ~3M in the EU and EEA in September 2018 — Meta has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) in the European Union for a…

Facebook owner Meta hit with £207m in EU fines for 2018 data breach

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found multiple infringements of the rules known as the General Data Protection Regulation.

Facebook owner Meta hit with £207m in EU fines for 2018 data breach

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found multiple infringements of the rules known as the General Data Protection Regulation.

Facebook owner Meta hit with £207m in EU fines for 2018 data breach

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found multiple infringements of the rules known as the General Data Protection Regulation.

Meta fined $263M over 2018 security breach that affected ~3M EU Facebook users

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Meta has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) in the European Union for a Facebook security breach that affected millions of users, which the company disclosed back in September 2018. The penalty, issued on Tuesday by Ireland’s…

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World News | Facebook Owner Hit with 251 Million Euros in Fines for 2018 Data Breach

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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totalling 251 million euros on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform…

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He was caught after a Cardiff burgling spree when people on Facebook recognised his face

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Jamie Laver was caught using social media and Retrospective Facial Recognition (RFR)

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Federal court defends Facebook against ₦60 billion fine

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Today on Techpoint Digest, we discuss a Federal High Court suspending a ₦60 million fine against Facebook, Terrahaptix's expansion into South Africa with its drone technology, and Moroccan Z raising $1.5 million to boost the FMCG sector.