Verizon is going to release an app that an block robocalls. It is expected to be available for download very soon. It will be a free version of Verizon’s current call-filtering app. Read more…More about Verizon, Mashable Video, Cybersecurity, Spam, …
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Periscope cracks on inauthentic behavior including fake hearts, follows, chats and more
Twitter’s video streaming app, Periscope, is cracking down on spam and, specifically, fake engagements. The company says it’s updating its policies around how it enforces its anti-spam rules, and is making improvements in terms of how those rules are enforced. This means users will see increased enforcement actions, Periscope notes – and these may even […]
View More Periscope cracks on inauthentic behavior including fake hearts, follows, chats and moreTwitter suspends spammy follow/unfollow social media companies
Twitter is flexing its muscles, and some businesses are pissed.
Twitter has suspended three prominent social media companies that enable clients to rapidly follow and unfollow accounts using the Twitter API. This is a popular strategy for increasing …
Twitter cuts off API access to follow/unfollow spam dealers
Notification spam ruins social networks, diluting the real human interaction. Desperate to gain an audience, users pay services to rapidly follow and unfollow tons of people in hopes that some will follow them back. The services can either automate this process or provide tools for users to generate this spam themselves, Earlier this month, a […]
View More Twitter cuts off API access to follow/unfollow spam dealersInstagram caught selling ads to follower-buying services it banned
Instagram has been earning money from businesses flooding its social network with spam notifications. Instagram hypocritically continues to sell ad space to services that charge clients for fake followers or that automatically follow/unfollow other people to get them to follow the client back. This is despite Instagram reiterating a ban on these businesses in November […]
View More Instagram caught selling ads to follower-buying services it bannedInstagram now lets you regram your posts to multiple accounts
Instagram is swaying the balance towards simplicity but away from originality. It’s adding the ability to publish feed posts to different accounts you control at the same time by toggling them on within the composer screen. An Instagram spokesperson confirms this option is becoming available to all iOS users, telling TechCrunch “We are rolling out […]
View More Instagram now lets you regram your posts to multiple accountsGoogle Pixel phones will now save transcripts of screened calls
It’s dark out, and you’re home alone, making popcorn and getting ready to start a movie.
Suddenly, the phone rings.
It’s a number you don’t recognize. Could it be an admirer? Or, your mom, out for the night, calling from a borrowed cell phone t…
Twitter’s spam reporting tool now lets you specify type, including if it’s a fake account
Twitter is adding more nuance to its spam reporting tools, the company announced today. Instead of simply flagging a tweet as posting spam, users can now specify what kind of spam you’re seeing by way of a new menu of choices. Among these is the option to report spam you believe to be from a […]
View More Twitter’s spam reporting tool now lets you specify type, including if it’s a fake accountEveryone is freaking out over this weird Twitter notification
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Did someone press the wrong key or something?
Phones around the country blew up Tuesday morning with strange push notifications from Twitter showing a seemingly random series of letters and numbers. And yes, even CEO Jack Dorsey appeared to fall victim to the spam.
“We’re seeing this issue too,” he tweeted. “On it.”
We’re seeing this issue too. On itpic.twitter.com/pzjd6248gJ
— jack (@jack) October 16, 2018
We reached out to Twitter in an attempt to determine just what is going on, but have yet to receive a response. Read more…
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View More Everyone is freaking out over this weird Twitter notificationFacebook bans hundreds of clickbait farms for ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’
Facebook has announced a relatively small but significant purge of bad actors from the platform: 810 pages and accounts that have “consistently broken our rules against spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior.” It may not seem like a lot, but it sounds like the company is erring on the side of disclosure even if the news isn’t particularly hard-hitting.
View More Facebook bans hundreds of clickbait farms for ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’Facebook briefly blocked breaking news stories about its security breach — and that’s a problem
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This afternoon, Facebook held an emergency press conference to disclose a startling security breach. The company said 50 million Facebook accounts were affected in a hack that allowed attackers to control an account as if they were the account holders.
“Since we’ve only just started our investigation, we have yet to determine whether these accounts were misused or any information accessed,” said Facebook’s VP of product management Guy Rosen during a morning press call. “We also don’t know who’s behind these attacks or where they’re based.”
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View More Facebook briefly blocked breaking news stories about its security breach — and that’s a problemDuo Security researchers’ Twitter ‘bot or not’ study unearths crypto botnet
A team of researchers at Duo Security has unearthed a sophisticated botnet operating on Twitter — and being used to spread a cryptocurrency scam. The botnet was discovered during the course of a wider research project to create and publish a methodology for identifying Twitter account automation — to help support further research into bots […]
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