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SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON: The hack of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's official account on X on Tuesday renewed concerns about the social media platform's security since its takeover by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022. The hackers posted false news about a widely anticipated announcement the SEC was expected to make about bitcoin, leading the cryptocurrency's price to spike and alarming observers. The false post on @SECGov said the securities regulator had approved exchange-traded funds to hold bitcoin. The SEC deleted the post about 30 minutes after it appeared. X confirmed later on Tuesday, following a preliminary investigation, that the SEC's account was compromised because an unidentified individual gained control over a phone number associated with the account through a third party. The social media platform also said in a post that the SEC did not have two-factor authentication enabled at the time the account was compromised. While...

In a recent update Instagram Head, Adam Mosseri, said that Instagram account s won't be affected if Threads account on the app is deleted. Threads users will easily be able to remove their account s via Settings, on the app. The untanglement with Instagram had been a long-requested feature for many Threads users , who couldn't purge their profiles without automatically deleting Instagram. This new change comes right after a Meta update that lets Threads users opt out of having to post their Threads on Facebook and Instagram feeds. It seems likely that Meta will soon separate Threads from other social media platforms under Meta, as the app becomes more independent. The company has already said that it intends to make the platform compatible with ActivityPub, an open-source protocol that powers Mastodon and other services in the fediverse. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/threads-users-can-now-delete-account-without-deleting-insta-TheFOXposts-41344.html?utm_source=blog...

As announced in May 2023, Google will begin closing down unused Gmail account s in December 2023. The move comes as a way to curb attacks and security threats such as spam, phishing scams and account hijacking. Abandoned account s are more prone to attacks as they are not updated with frequent security updates such as two-factor authentication (2FA) that improve account protection. Google said that it would send multiple notifications before deleting the account s. Account deletion will take place in multiple phases, starting with account s that were created but never opened again. Read More India proposes new law with self-certification for broadcasters, streaming giants Account deletion will affect all linked Google account s, including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Calendar, and Photos. To avoid the account from such actions, sign in at least once every two years to access its services. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/google-to-delete-millions-of-abandoned-gmail-accounts-n...

Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor of reinstating the former US President, who was banned from the social media service for inciting violence, in a poll organized by new owner Elon Musk. Slightly over 15 million Twitter users voted in the poll with 51.8% voting in favor of reinstatement. "The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated," Musk tweeted. Trump's Twitter account , which had over 88 million followers before he was banned on Jan. 8, 2021, began accumulating followers and had nearly 100,000 followers by 10pm ET Saturday. Some users initially reported being unable to follow the reinstated account on Saturday evening. Trump had appeared less than keen earlier in the day. "I don't see any reason for it," the former president said via video when asked whether he planned to return to Twitter by a panel at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeti...

Elon Musk said on Thursday that Twitter will provide a "general amnesty " to suspended account s starting next week after running a poll on whether to do so for users who had not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam. In a poll Musk posted on Twitter on Wednesday, 72.4% of the more than 3.16 million users who took part voted in favor of bringing back those who had been suspended by the social media platform. "The people have spoken," Musk, who acquired Twitter last month, tweeted on Thursday. "Amnesty begins next week." Last week, Musk, the world's richest person, reinstated some previously suspended account s, including former US President Donald Trump, satirical website Babylon Bee and comedian Kathy Griffin. He tweeted in October that Twitter would form a content moderation council "with widely diverse viewpoints." Musk said no major content decisions or account reinstatements would happen before the c...

NEW DELHI: Twitter has blocked the Pakistan government's account from being viewed in India in response to a legal demand, according to a notice on the social media platform on Thursday. The company's guidelines compel it to withhold entire account s in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order. Read more: Pakistan urges Twitter to restore its account s in India The account , @GovtofPakistan, remained available for viewing and interaction from countries such as the United States and Canada, Reuters checks showed. Twitter as well as India and Pakistan's IT ministries did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/twitter-blocks-pakistan-govt-s-account-in-india-TheFOXposts-16384.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

After the launch of Meta's version of Twitter, Threads, the company has announced the current privacy policy for it. As per the supplemental privacy policy, users who want to delete Threads will have to delete their entire Instagram account . However, users can deactivate their Threads profile anytime they want to. To do that, go to the profile tab, tap the two lines icon for settings, tap "Account," tap "Deactivate profile ," and then the "Deactivate Threads profile " button. The Twitter rival, Threads, gained immediate popularity after it rolled out in 100 countries and received 10 million sign-ups in just seven hours. Although the deleting policy is in effect for now, the Instagram team is working on making it better. Instagram's head clarifies the controversy surrounding the deletion of Thread account s: pic.twitter.com/EeyxsayDwB — ㆅ (@howfxr) July 6, 2023   Source: https://thefoxposts.com/thread-profile-can-only...

Twitter's checkmark chaos continues as more fake, deceased and unpaid users get their account s verified. After the deadline of April 20th, Twitter removed the blue checkmarks from the accounts that did not pay for its Twitter Blue subscription. Due to this act, many high-profile accounts, celebrities and influencers lost the verification badge from their accounts. While it did create a frenzy among the audience, what made it worse was the random verification of users who had not subscribed to Twitter Blue. Moreover, the platform also assigned a gold checkmark verification to a fake Twitter account of Disney that has published racial slurs. In addition, celebrities such as Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant and Anthony Bourdain, who died long before, now hold a verified account with a message that states, "This account is verified because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number." While Elon Musk took this move to encourage more users to op...

Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire's plane. The reinstatements came after the unprecedented suspensions evoked stinging criticism from government officials, advocacy groups and journalism organizations from several parts of the globe on Friday, with some saying the microblogging platform was jeopardizing press freedom. A Twitter pollthat Musk conducted later also showed that a majority of the respondents wanted the accounts restored immediately. "The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now," Musk said in a tweet on Saturday. Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. A Reuters check showed the suspended accounts, which included journalists from the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post, have been reinstated. Officials from France, Germany, Britain and the Eur...

Popular social media company, Instagram, has announced a much-needed tool for hacked users who've lost access to their accounts and have no option to recover them. The Instagram.com/hacked tool will report and resolve account access problems, even if users have forgotten their passwords or lost two-factor authentication information. The account support page promises to recover hacked account s, report impersonations, or recover forgotten passwords. Though Instagram account hacking has been quite common, options to recover hacked accounts have remained limited for users.  A 2018 Motherboard report provided insight into how some users paid ransom to hackers who've taken their account s hostage. While another report from 2019 detailed how some users were compelled to pay other hackers to re-hack and recover their account s. Instagram had announced earlier this year that it was looking for ways users could recover their account s, and has now launched a tool th...