Category: accounts

Twitter removes 170,000 state-backed accounts based in China

Post author By Randall
Post date June 12, 2020
Categories In accounts, archive, banned, China, communist party of china, gear, hong kong, Information, News, prc, removed, Russia, state-backed, Tech, turkey, Twitter

[ad_1] The accounts linked to the PRC focused heavily on Hong Kong. They also promoted messages about the coronavirus pandemic, Taiwan and an exiled Chinese billionaire, Reuters reports. The accounts reportedly had ties to another state-backed operation that Twitter, Facebook and YouTube removed last year for spreading misinformation about Hong Kong. We’re disclosing new state-linked […]

Netflix says 26.4 million accounts watched ‘The Irishman’ in its first week

Post author By Randall
Post date December 10, 2019
Categories In accounts, al pacino, av, business, Entertainment, Film, Internet, joe pesci, martin scorsese, Netflix, robert de niro, streaming, streaming tv, Tech, the irishman, views

[ad_1] Netflix revealed that tally in a tweet, and content chief Ted Sarandos told Deadline that in the film’s first 28 days, it’s expected to reach about 40 million household accounts. To be counted, users must watch at least 70 percent of the film. *pours glass of wine* *dips bread* My friends, I’ve got some […]

Sony disables PlayStation 4 Facebook integration

Post author By Randall
Post date October 8, 2019
Categories In accounts, av, Facebook, Gaming, integration, playstation4, ps4, Sony, Tech

[ad_1] “We apologize for any inconvenience,” Sony said, while going on to explain that you could use a stock PS4 avatar or upload a new profile image. Otherwise, the company provided no explanation for the sudden service cutoff, and gave no previous warning to users. The move provoked speculation that it had something to do […]

Twitter bans thousands of state-backed accounts spreading misinformation

Post author By Randall
Post date September 20, 2019
Categories In accounts, ban, China, ecuador, egypt, Facebook, gear, Internet, misinformation, Politics, removes, Saudi Arabia, Security, spain, state-sponsored, Tech, Twitter, uae, united arab emirates

[ad_1] This is part of Twitter’s ongoing effort to sweep state-backed misinformation accounts from the platform. In June, Twitter removed nearly 4,800 accounts with ties to the Iranian government, and in August it banned nearly 1,000 accounts managed by the Chinese state and aimed at Hong Kong protests. In addition to targeting state-backed misinformation, Twitter […]

Instagram will notify you before it disables your account

Post author By Randall
Post date July 18, 2019
Categories In account, accounts, app, appeal, disable, disabled, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, notification, notify, policy, Safety, Security, Tech, violations

[ad_1] While that could mean more accounts get disabled, Instagram will notify users if they’re at risk of being cut off. Users will be able to appeal content deleted for violations including nudity and pornography, bullying and harassment, hate speech, drug sales and counter-terrorism policies. And while users have long been able to appeal disabled […]

TrickBot malware may have hacked 250 million email accounts

Post author By Randall
Post date July 12, 2019
Categories In accounts, contacts, Cybersecurity, deep instinct, Email, emails, gear, Gmail, governments, Hack, hotmail, Internet, malicious, malware, Security, Tech, trickbooster, trickbot, yahoo

[ad_1] In a recent investigation, Deep Instinct found a database containing 250 million compromised email accounts. The firm says millions of those belong to governments in the US and UK, as well as agencies in Canada. The database contained more than 25 million Gmail addresses, 19 million Yahoo.com addresses and 11 million Hotmail.com addresses. AOL, […]

Facebook removes over 1,000 pages ahead of India’s election

Post author By Randall
Post date April 1, 2019
Categories In accounts, coordinated inauthentic behavior, Election, Facebook, India, Instagram, Politics, removed, Security, spam, Tech, tomorrow
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[ad_1] This is the latest in Facebook’s ongoing attempts to keep the platform from being manipulated around elections. Earlier this month, Facebook removed 137 accounts in the UK for stoking political tension. In January, the company removed more than 900 Pages in Iran and Indonesia for coordinated inauthentic behavior. And last year, it pulled Pages […]

Sinemia offers more details on why it has been terminating accounts

Post author By Randall
Post date March 29, 2019
Categories In accounts, av, business, Entertainment, fraud, misuse, movie tickets, Movies, sinemia, Tech, terminated
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[ad_1] Sinemia says this is part of its stance against fraud. “This kind of vigilance helps us combat misuse, ensuring all our customers continue to enjoy movies at affordable and sustainable prices,” the company said in a press release. Supposedly, the company only terminated “a small number” of accounts, about three percent. The explanation probably […]

Sinemia is terminating accounts and users don’t know why

Post author By Randall
Post date March 8, 2019
Categories In accounts, av, business, Entertainment, Internet, movie tickets, Movies, sinemia, Tech, terminated
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[ad_1] Some customers received emails saying their accounts were terminated “by the system automatically” and that no other details could be provided, reports Business Insider. Sinemia told Business Insider that users were kicked out for “fraudulent activity,” but the customers claim that’s untrue and unfair. Some were apparently asked to tip the company (a feature […]