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The approach of the 30th anniversary of the bloody June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square has been accompanied in China by a tightening of censorship. (Photo: Pixabay)

Twitter apologizes for blocked accounts ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Twitter said “a number of accounts” had been suspended as part of efforts to target accounts engaging in “platform manipulation”.

03 Jun 2019 1:05 PM

The research discovered that just adding a recovery phone number to your Google account via two-factor authentication can block up to 100 per cent of automated bots. (Photo: AP)

Google advises two-factor authentication is best defence against account hijacking

Google revealed that it conducted a year-long study to find out how effective basic account hygiene is at preventing hijacking.

21 May 2019 3:13 PM

Twitter suspended 166,153 accounts between July and December last for promoting terrorism. (Photo: ANI)

Twitter suspended 166,153 accounts for terrorism content

Twitter is under pressure from regulators and governments worldwide to remove extremist content.

10 May 2019 4:15 PM

Passwords should always contain a variety of capital and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. (Photo: Pixabay)

McAfee provides tips for World Password Day 2019

World Password Day is the perfect opportunity to be diligent about revamping passwords.

02 May 2019 12:38 PM

Facebook said that it will instead offer the traditional ways of verifying accounts such as a code sent to their phone. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook will no longer ask for email passwords for account verification

The social networking giant said it will end its practice of password verification for accounts.

04 Apr 2019 11:32 AM

“The individuals behind this activity used a combination of authentic and fake accounts to disseminate content across a variety of pages and groups”, Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of Cybersecurity Policy, said in a statement, dated on Thursday.

Inauthentic behavior: Facebook removes online network

Facebook said it had taken down the pages and accounts “based on their behavior, not the content they posted”.

30 Mar 2019 10:02 AM

Slack also announced that it is updating its terms of service.

Slack removes accounts related to hate groups

Slack announced that 28 accounts were removed.

17 Mar 2019 10:36 AM

Flickr also announced ‘in memoriam’ accounts for the existing Flickr members who have passed away.

Flickr users can still upload more than 1,000 photos

Flickr announced that freely licensed images on Flickr will be protected from the deletion, regardless of the date they were uploaded.

10 Mar 2019 1:19 PM

Facebook introduces Tributes for memorialised accounts

If a memorialised account has a legacy contact that person will be able to control who posts tributes on the profile.

06 Mar 2019 1:18 PM

The Saracen Group’s coordinated abuse of the platform using inauthentic accounts is a violation of Facebook’s policies and they have therefore banned the entire organization from the platform.

Facebook, Instagram removes 1,000+ pages, accounts, groups

207 Facebook Pages, 800 Facebook accounts, 546 Facebook Groups, and 208 Instagram accounts were removed.

02 Feb 2019 9:33 AM

Hard as it might seem to quit Facebook, especially for those entwined with it for years, it can be done.(Photo: AP)

Here's how you can delete your Facebook profile

A growing number of people say they are deleting Facebook, or at least considering it.

23 Dec 2018 11:46 AM

Slack says it will soon begin blocking access to users with an internet connection associated with a country under US sanctions.

Slack: Some accounts mistakenly deactivated during update

Slack said it had “inadvertently deactivated a number of accounts.”

23 Dec 2018 11:12 AM

Eighty-five of the removed accounts were posting in English on Facebook’s Instagram service. (Photo: Pixabay)

Facebook blocks more accounts potentially linked to foreign entity

The social network had blocked accounts on the eve of the US midterm elections after authorities tipped it off to suspicious behaviour.

07 Nov 2018 4:58 PM

During the August 15-September 5 period, the total deposits in 32.61 PMJDY accounts witnessed an increase of Rs 1,266.43 crore. (Photo: Representational Image/PTI)

20 lakh people join modified Jan Dhan scheme, total account holders 32.61 cr

The balance in PMJDY accounts was Rs 82,490.98 crore as on September 5.

17 Sep 2018 10:30 AM

Instagram will now let its users evaluate the authenticity of accounts, a measure that the photo-sharing platform believes can help stop "bad actors" before they cause harm.

Instagram to let users evaluate authenticity of accounts

The Facebook-owned company is also launching a global verification form for notable public figures.

29 Aug 2018 4:18 PM

The suspects sold users’ private data as part of a scam worth more than 50 million yuan ($7.36 million).

China arrests 22 over sale of Apple private data

The suspects allegedly used an internal company computer system to gather users' names, phone numbers, Apple IDs, and other data.

10 Jun 2017 8:33 AM

The deal merging Yahoo's internet operations with Verizon's AOL, now expected to be finalized June 13, will create a new unit to be named Oath. (Photo: AFP)

Yahoo-Verizon deal set to close June 13

Verizon's internet division AOL and Yahoo will be combined into a unit called Oath.

09 Jun 2017 7:57 AM

The company said some of the latest intrusions can be connected to the "same state-sponsored actor believed to be responsible for the 2014 breach", in which at least 500 million accounts were affected.

About 32 mn accounts accessed using 'forged cookies': Yahoo

These cookies have been invalidated so they cannot be used to access user accounts, the company said.

02 Mar 2017 7:45 AM

The police are investigating repeated deposits and withdrawal of large amounts of money in Jan Dhan bank accounts. (Representational image)

Odisha police probe suspicious transactions in 13 Jan Dhan bank accounts

Those having accounts in Gopinathpur branch claim they have not operated their accounts even once after opening them last year.

29 Dec 2016 1:37 PM

In August of that year, hackers got hold of more than a billion Yahoo accounts, stealing the poorly encrypted passwords and other information in the biggest data breach on record.

Insights: Yahoo security problems a story of too little, too late

Yahoo only recently uncovered the hack and disclosed it last week.

19 Dec 2016 11:24 AM

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