TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block sending users’ financial data to Facebook

According to The Markup, major tax filing services such as H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer have quietly transmitted sensitive financial information to Facebook. Users’ income, filing status, refund amount, and dependents’ college scholarship amounts are often included in the data, sent through a code known as the Meta Pixel. In addition to being gathered, regardless…

Facebook (Meta) To Discontinue Instant Articles For Web Publishers

Originally released by Facebook in 2015, Instant Articles are HTML documents designed to help load news stories more quickly than standard mobile websites. However, the tool is scheduled to reach the end of life in April of next year. In a statement to Sara Fischer of Axios, a spokesperson for Meta confirmed the move, stating:…

Over 1 Million Facebook Users’ Login and Passwords Have Been Stolen

According to the Meta platform, data was taken from fake programs posing as mobile applications. As a result of fake Android and Apple apps masquerading as legitimate mobile apps, Facebook is notifying 1 million users that their login information may have been compromised. David Agranovich, Facebook’s director of threat disruption, stated that over 400 malicious…

How To Turn Off @friends Notifications On Facebook

Users have been getting a lot of notifications lately after someone from their friend list tagged them in a post with @friends. Meta has released this annoying update on Facebook that is making our mobile phones go crazy with notifications. Turn off @friends or @everyone notifications on Facebook – How to turn off everyone tag…

Facebook Banned These 20 Keywords, You Should Avoid Using

Facebook has banned 20 keywords, considering them “low-quality content” indicators. Low-quality content indication means the brands will not see any “organic reach” if you’re using it in the caption or even as text in the image you post. 20 Banned Keywords By Facebook Sales Keywords (Terms) Keywords Use This Instead 1. Coupon Huge Drop 2….

Share TikTok Stories To Instagram And Facebook

Creators can share their TikTok Stories directly to Facebook and Instagram Stories through TikTok. The popular video-sharing platform TikTok now allows content creators to share their stories on Facebook and Instagram, Meta’s social platforms. A pilot version of the feature has been available since last year, but it is now being rolled out to rival…

Facebook Down: What Happened And How Many Billion Did The Company Lose?

The blackout of over six hours that yesterday brought Facebook and the platforms connected to the Zuckerberg company – Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and OculusVR – to their knees at the end ended well for users who could return to use the services around midnight; less good for the company, which had to run for cover,…