Meta said it's now fixed a Facebook bug that was sending automatic friend requests when users visited profiles through the app — which was bad news for anyone covertly visiting others’ profiles on the ...

Hiding your Friends list on Facebook makes a lot of sense both to protect your privacy, as well as prevent account cloning. The privacy benefits are pretty self-explanatory – whether it's a nosy ...

In recent days there seems to be a sharp jump in the number of people — some friends of mine — who say their Facebook account has been hacked. So, if it’s happened to you, you are not alone.

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Meta, Facebook's parent company, apologized and said the glitch was corrected. On May 12, 2023, claims began to spread across social media platforms that Facebook would send someone a friend request ...

There are three simple methods you can use within Facebook to stop your friends from posting on your Facebook wall: Control Who Can Post on Your Profile via Settings Block Facebook friend’s profile ...

If you were around when Facebook was called The Facebook, you remember how much simpler it was. If you miss those days, you're in luck, because the social media site is giving you a way to relive them ...

In October 2022, we received reader mail that asked if copying and pasting text from a Facebook post could help to show more content from friends and also remove ads. The copy-and-paste posts, which ...

Are you as fed up as I am with the seemingly endless number of scams flooding Facebook? You know, the ones I’m talking about — the messages that make you stop and think, "Is this for real?" Whether ...

Social media platforms encourage everyone to share their lives online, but some sharing can be risky. One common scam involves scammers looking at your Facebook friends list and attempting to create a ...

This often-overlooked privacy setting on your Facebook profile can protect your identity and boost your security online For social media users with privacy concerns, sites like Facebook have a dark ...