Meta Abandons Hacking Victims, Draining Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Say
Forty-one state attorneys general penned a letter to Meta’s top attorney on Wednesday saying complaints are skyrocketing across the United States about […]
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How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
Meta changed how two-factor authentication works for Facebook and Instagram last year. You might have received notifications about this, but it was […]
End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years
Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes […]
Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren’t Really Bans
A WIRED analysis of more than 100 restricted channels shows these communities remain active, and content shared within them often spreads to […]
How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Latest Two-Factor Authentication Change
Meta recently changed how two-factor authentication works for Facebook and Instagram. You might have received a notification about this, but it was […]
Social Media Sleuths, Armed With AI, Are Identifying Dead Bodies
Content Warning: This story includes references to suicide. If you need help, call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for your region. In […]
How to Get Facebook Without Ads—if It’s Available for You
Meta just launched its first ad-free option for Facebook and Instagram. The update is in response to the European Union’s General Data […]
The GOP Presidential Debate Is Livestreaming on Rumble, Home to White Nationalist Nick Fuentes
Fuentes compared the Hamas attack to the Holocaust, claiming both were created to “elicit a certain emotional response [to give the government] […]
YouTube’s Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law
When YouTube detects an ad blocker or other privacy tool that blocks ads as part of its functions, you’ll see a warning […]
The New Era of Social Media Looks as Bad for Privacy as the Last One
The slow-motion implosion of Elon Musk’s X has given rise to a slew of competitors, where privacy invasions that ran rampant over […]