Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009. Wallace, 43, allegedly used a ...

Facebook announced a crackdown on spam characterized by “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The spammers avoided detection by using engaging content. The content itself was not spammy. Thus, Facebook ...

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As more and more companies put anti-spam defences in place at their email gateway, and home users hide beneath the umbrella of junk mail protection that their ISP or web email account provide, ...

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The White House isn't sharing photos of Osama bin Laden's bullet-riddled corpse, let alone video — despite all that Facebook spam you may have seen last week promising you otherwise. Curious Facebook ...

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Facebook is reportedly spamming some users by text, using a cell number they provided only for use in two-factor authentication. In common with many services, Facebook allows you to protect your ...

Facebook has always nudged truant users back to its platform though emails and notifications. But recently, those prods have evolved beyond comments related to activity on your own profile. Now ...

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Sanford Wallace, known as the “Spam King” after charges alleged he sent 27 million fraudulent Facebook messages, has plead guilty to fraud and criminal contempt charges, Bloomberg reports. Wallace was ...

Your Facebook business page is sometimes the first impression that your company makes on people, so having a spam-free timeline and professional message exchanges is ...