invasion of Ukraine. The firm’s head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a statement

( Reuters)-Facebook Inc has temporarily removed the ability for people to view or search the friends lists of accounts it has determined to be in Afghanistan, the company's head of security policy said in a tweet on Thursday as Afghans feared for their safety amid the Taliban takeover. The social media company has also made a" one-click tool" for users in Afghanistan to lock down their accounts, so that people they are not Facebook friends with are unable to see their timeline posts or share the

WASHINGTON: People in Ukraine can lock down their Facebook pages as a security measure, the platform said Feb 24, following warnings Russia was creating lists of Ukranians to kill after its invasion. Users are able to block people they don’t know from downloading and sharing their profile photo or seeing their posts, a tool the company also deployed after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last year. The announcement comes after the United States warned the United Nations this week of “ credible in

Facebook said Fazze's work was primarily done from Russia on behalf of an unknown client. The network used fake accounts to spread misleading claims that disparaged the safety of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.... But Facebook representatives did not speculate on the possible motivation behind the smear campaign. The Fazze network also contacted social media influencers in several countries with offers to pay them for reposting the misleading content.... Messages seeking comment from Fazz

Hackers aligned with Russia broke into the social media accounts of dozens of Ukrainian military officers and were working to upload videos of defeated and surrendering Ukrainian soldiers when the plot was disrupted, according to a report Thursday from Meta that details a troubling increase in social media disinformation this year. The report from the owner of Facebook and Instagram found a surge in content linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as well as new cases of domestic disinformation an

On Thursday night, human rights activist Marina Litinovich posted a video to her Facebook account calling for her fellow Russians to protest the country’s invasion of its neighbor to the west.... Advertisement Hundreds of protesters have been rounded up in Moscow and St.... Human rights advocates have warned that those authoring critical posts on social media in the region would face a new wave of repression, including detention and other legal ramifications. Some social media users have impro

The company announced that it was banning from its social media sites seven commercial surveillance-for-hire services that target journalists, dissidents and human rights activists. One of the organizations is based in China, but several were Israeli.... But American officials have said the technology is ripe for abuse, misuse and unethical behavior. The Chinese government had not been as constrained by international norms as the United States and its allies.... The statement left unclear whet