Multiple data-scraping groups have abused the Facebook link preview feature to scrape data from internet sites disguised as Facebook's content crawler. Here is a step-by-step guide to reducing your ...

Facebook Inc. filed a lawsuit Friday against two Ukrainian developers who allegedly created Facebook apps and browser extensions that scrapped user data and injected third-party ads. The accused, Gleb ...

Meta has lost a claim in its legal battle with an Israeli tech firm Bright Data, which it sued last year for scraping data from Facebook and Instagram via the web. The tech giant, which has a long ...

But new revelations from Facebook indicate the feature was also used by malicious actors to scrape the data of millions of Facebook users. The company has since disabled the feature, said Zuckerberg ...

Meta has expanded its bug bounty program to reward security researchers who discover new ways to conduct scraping attacks designed to collect information about Facebook users. "We know that automated ...

Facebook has sued two Chrome devs for scraping user profile data – including names, user IDs and more. Facebook has filed legal action against two Chrome extension developers that the company said was ...

Facebook has today filed another lawsuit against a company acting in violations of its terms of service. In this case, the company has sued Ensar Sahinturk, a Turkish ...

A European advocacy group filed complaints in 11 countries over a new Meta AI policy. NOYB, or None of Your Business, said Meta's new policy would let it scrape user data to train AI. Unlike American ...

Facebook announced a second wave of actions against spam. Facebook is targeting promotional posts that link to low quality ad farms that copy content from other sites. The announcement of this action ...

Facebook’s mobile reach may extend beyond just smartphones and tablets. The 750 million+ member-strong social network teamed up with MediaTek last week, [1] a software and chip designer for low-end ...