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Taking Action Against Malicious Accounts in Iran

After investigating user reports, our security teams blocked a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts posing as support agents for tech companies.

August 23, 2024August 23, 2024

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Protecting People From Domain Abuse

We filed a lawsuit against a repeat cybersquatter for registering scores of lookalike domain names impersonating Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

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March 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report

We’re sharing information about the 14 networks we removed in March as part of our regular CIB reports.

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

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Taking Action Against Hackers in China

Today, we’re sharing actions we took to disrupt a group of hackers’ ability to use their infrastructure to abuse our platform, distribute malware and hack people’s accounts across the internet.

March 24, 2021April 20, 2021

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Expanding Support for Security Keys on Mobile Devices

Today, you can set up two-factor authentication and log into Facebook on iOS and Android mobile devices using a security key — available to anyone in the world.

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

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February 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report

We’re sharing information about the five networks we removed in February as part of our regular CIB reports.

March 3, 2021March 24, 2021

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January 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report

We’re sharing information about the two networks we removed in January as part of our regular CIB reports.

February 9, 2021March 24, 2021

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December 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report

We’re sharing information about the 17 networks we removed in December as part of our regular CIB reports.

January 12, 2021March 24, 2021

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Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from France and Russia

We removed three separate networks of accounts originating in France and Russia that targeted multiple countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

December 15, 2020March 24, 2021

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Taking Action Against Hackers in Bangladesh and Vietnam

We’re sharing our latest research and enforcement actions against attempts to compromise people’s accounts and gain access to their information.

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

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Marking the 10th Anniversary of Our Bug Bounty Program

We’re recognizing the impact researchers have had in helping protect people’s privacy across our apps, and we’re sharing two examples of reports that helped us find and fix important issues.

November 19, 2020March 24, 2021

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