No one should buy the Facebook Portal TV - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/news/no-one-should-buy-the-facebook-portal-tv/

solidly performing, decently priced device that just isn’t suited for anyone because of the privacy concerns and increasingly alarming issues plaguing the social networking site

Daring Fireball: Facebook’s ‘Clear History’ Tool Is, of Course, Bullshit

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/08/26/facebook-clear-history

Facebook og Twitter straffer Kina etter påvirkningsoperasjon i Hongkong – NRKBeta

https://nrkbeta.no/2019/08/20/facebook-og-twitter-straffer-kina-etter-pavirkningsoperasjon-i-hongkong/

Facebook- og Twitterkontoer med opprinnelse i Kina [har] spredt og videreformidlet innhold som framstiller demonstrasjonene i Hongkong som ekstreme og voldelige.

Think FaceApp Is Scary? Wait Till You Hear About Facebook - WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/faceapp-privacy-backlash-facebook/

F.T.C. Approves Facebook Fine of About $5 Billion - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/technology/facebook-ftc-fine.html

for mishandling users’ personal information

Facebook to be fined $5bn for Cambridge Analytica privacy violations – The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/12/facebook-fine-ftc-privacy-violations

Critics say the changes required of Facebook are not substantial enough, and the fine will hardly make a dent in Facebook’s bank account.

WhatsApp exploit let attackers install government-grade spyware on phones - TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/13/whatsapp-exploit-let-attackers-install-government-grade-spyware-on-phones/

The spyware in question that was detected as having been installed was Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus

WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones - Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/4da1117e-756c-11e9-be7d-6d846537acab

attackers were able to install surveillance software on to both iPhones and Android phones by ringing up targets using the app’s phone call function. 

Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords unencrypted - Recode

https://www.recode.net/2019/4/18/18485528/facebook-instagram-passwords-stored-unencrypted-security-issue

This number is much, much bigger than Facebook originally shared.

‘Beyond Sketchy’: Facebook Demanding Some New Users’ Email Passwords

https://www.thedailybeast.com/beyond-sketchy-facebook-demanding-some-new-users-email-passwords

Just two weeks after admitting it stored hundreds of millions of its users’ own passwords insecurely, Facebook is demanding some users fork over the password for their outside email account