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Unless you’ve just returned from an extended vacation on a deserted island you’re probably aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that resulted in millions of Facebook users having their personal information leaked or sold to a third party.
Well, truth be told, Cambridge Analytica was just the tip of the iceberg. [Read more…]
As you probably know, addiction to prescription drugs is now a serious problem in the U.S., and addiction to illegal drugs has been plaguing our country for decades.
Addiction treatment centers exist to help those affected get off of the drugs, but many of the new treatment centers that are popping up aren’t out to help people at all. They’re simply out to get their money. [Read more…]
A popular recurring Facebook hoax has started making the rounds again, and it has lots of Facebook users scrambling to share it with their friends.
It’s the old “Facebook No Swearing Campaign” hoax, and it’s filling up newsfeeds right and left.
In a nutshell, the hoax consists of an image stating that Facebook will shut down the accounts of any users who use profanity in their posts starting on April 1, 2018.
The message also states that this policy is being implemented due to a new “law” issued by Facebook’s legal department.
This is what the current iteration of the hoax message looks like: [Read more…]
Unless you were living on another planet during the 2016 election cycle you probably know that fake Russian Facebook pages posted tons of links to fake news stories about the candidates.
What you night not have realized at the time is any “Likes” and “Shares” you might have made on those posts were helping spread “fake news”.
This isn’t an accusation in any way. As we all know, it was very easy to get taken in by those sham pages. That being said, I thought you might be interested in knowing for sure whether you interacted with any of them.
Luckily, it’s very easy to find out if you interacted with any of those infamous fake Russian Facebook pages. Here’s how: [Read more…]
As I’m sure you know, Facebook is a favorite playground for scammers and hoaxers thanks to it’s massive 2 billion+ person worldwide user base.
I despise scams and hoaxes in general, but the ones that really bother me the most are the ones that target Christians.
A while back I wrote a post about the insidious “Amen scam” that scammers use to profit off the good will of Christians.
That scam never ends because it’s so lucrative for the scammers, but others seem to come and go as the seasons change. [Read more…]