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Facebook stored millions of passwords in plaintext, change yours now — Wired

Following a report by Krebs on Security, Facebook acknowledged a bug in its password management systems that caused hundreds of millions of user passwords...

Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage — TechCrunch

Messaging platform Telegram claims to have had a surge in signups during a period of downtime for Facebook’s rival messaging service, writes Natasha Lomas. Here...

1 of 3 marketers shifting ad spend from Facebook and Google to Amazon, study says — Forbes

About a third of retail marketers are shifting ad spend from traditional digital media giants like Facebook and Google to Amazon, according to a...

Apple says it’s banning Facebook’s research app that collects users’ personal information — Recode

Facebook is at the center of another privacy scandal, writes Kurt Wagner. Here is the link: https://www.recode.net/2019/1/30/18203231/apple-banning-facebook-research-app

Facebook plans to let Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp users message each other — The Verge

Facebook is working to allow cross-messaging between Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, writes Makena Kelly. Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/25/18197228/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-merge-messaging-services-mark-zuckerberg