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What Is a “Command and Control Server” for Malware?

Whether it’s data breaches at Facebook or global ransomware attacks, cybercrime is a big problem. Malware and ransomware are increasingly being used by bad actors to exploit people’s machines without their knowledge for a variety of reasons. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Facebook cracked down ahead of the Chauvin verdict. Why not always?

The social network’s crackdown on posts that may incite violence raises the question of why it doesn’t do more to discourage abuse all the time.

Column: Facebook and Health Net hacks drive home the need for a national privacy law

Data breaches involving Facebook and Health Net highlight Americans’ vulnerability to hackers — and our lack of a national privacy law.

Twitter, Facebook lock down Trump after social media-fueled riot in D.C.

A tumultuous attempt to seize the U.S. Capitol brought a renewed focus to the role of internet platforms in promoting the spread of violent extremist.

Trump returns to Twitter after Facebook extends ban through inauguration

‘The risks … are simply too great,’ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said of allowing President Trump to continue posting on Facebook between now and the Jan. 20 inauguration of his successor.

FTC, states sue to break up Facebook over anti-competitive behavior

A lawsuit seeking the breakup of Facebook by the FTC, joined by attorneys general from 46 states, reflects an increasing bipartisan consensus that more regulation of Big Tech is in order. Antitrust experts say the case is solid.

'It's not going away.' Pressure on Facebook likely to continue under Biden administration

Although Biden didn’t make tech regulation a campaign focus, experts say he’s likely to continue the Trump administration’s push to curb Facebook’s market power.

This capitalist commune is trying to cure L.A.'s loneliness. Plus there's free coffee

An early Facebook investor and a formerly incarcerated real estate developer are building a network of co-living apartment buildings across Los Angeles with the utopian mission of reshaping what it means to live in an American city (and how to make money while doing it).

Social media slow to crack down on users rallying against vote-counting

A Stop the Steal Facebook group grew to hundreds of thousands of members before Facebook shut it down Thursday.