United Nations Decide That Children Have A Human Right To Be Online This goes against many national laws such as the U.S. Children's Online Privacy & Protection Act All parents should be aware of the potential for significant risk to children from this. The United Nations appears to be making access to the internet a human right for children. This sounds great on paper, but is it really [...]
SCARS™ Social Media News: A Huge Facebook Redesign Is Coming – But It'S Far More Than A New Website After a brutal 2018 that forced Facebook to admit it hasn't got the best reputation when it comes to privacy, Mark Zuckerberg has big plans for the social networking platform in 2019: Facebook is being redesigned. Zuckerberg made the announcements during Facebook's F8 event near the company's home turf in San Jose, California, where he addressed the past [...]
SCARS™ Scam Basics: Why Do Scammers Always Ask You To Chat Somewhere Else? Why Do They Ask To Chat Somewhere Else? First, it is important to understand the risks of social media for scammers. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are high-value properties for scammers and they are easily lost. It takes time to create a profile and if they are talking with 20 victims they can't have all of that activity on their profile. So they [...]
SCARS™ SCAM NEWS: Social Media: The New Public Square for Fraudsters Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, spoke perhaps one of the most memorable references to social media when he dubbed it the new “public square.” It is true that social media has become the gathering place for all kinds, yet it is not always the right kind. Fraudsters and hackers have been flooding the social scene in recent years, coming together to sell and trade illicit goods. [...]
SCARS™ SCAM NEWS: German Regulator Bans Facebook From Sharing Data From WhatsApp, Instagram Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has decided to prohibit Facebook from collecting the data of users from its services WhatsApp and Instagram, as well as third-party websites with Facebook integration. By not obtaining sufficient user consent for collecting the data from other apps and sites, the company abused its dominant position in the market and violated EU personal data protection law, the German regulator [...]