Photo by Kon Karampelas on Unsplash [Download]

Facebook introduces new Messenger safeguard aimed at combating scams and fake friends

Facebook this morning introduced a new function for Messenger designed to chop down on malicious events taking a look to rip-off customers. The corporate scans accounts for suspicious process, leveraging system studying to select up anomalies like accounts sending a lot of requests in a little while span or …
Facebook this morning announced a new feature for Messenger designed to cut down on malicious parties looking to scam users. The company scans accounts for suspicious activity, leveraging machine learning to pick up anomalies like accounts sending a large number of requests in a short time span or …

Original article
Original article
Author: Brian Heater

TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

Brian Heater has recently written 8 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "Carnegie Mellon today showed off new research into the world of robotic navigation. With help from the team at Facebook AI Research (FAIR), the university has designed a semantic navigation that helps robots navigate around by recognizing familiar objects". (July 20, 2020)
  2. "In an open letter published by the New Zealand Herald, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg finally addressed the shocking mass shootings that left 50 dead at two Christchurch mosques". (March 30, 2019)
  3. "Facebook confirmed this week that it will be pulling down a number of posts promoting stay-at-home protests. CNN was the first to report the news, which finds the social media giant pulling down events in a variety of different states, including California, Nebraska and New Jersey". (April 20, 2020)
  4. "The same day Donald Trump took to Twitter to threaten to regulate or shut down social media sites, the U.S. appeals court in Washington D.C. dismissed a lawsuit accusing top tech companies of silencing conservative voices". (May 27, 2020)
  5. "Facebook this morning issued a lengthy breakdown of recent research into BCI (brain-computer interface) as a means with which to control future augmented reality interfaces". (July 30, 2019)
  6. "Facebook this morning announced its latest step in effort to combat the spread of misinformation around the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Chief among them is a new message targeting users who have commented on, reacted to or liked false content about the virus". (April 16, 2020)
  7. "Facebook and the ACLU issued a joint statement this morning, noting that they have settled a class action job discrimination suit". (March 19, 2019)
  8. "The timing of the original Portal’s launch was less than ideal. The company reportedly pushed things back as the Cambridge Analytica scandal hit full broil, only to be hit with another data breach disclosure". (October 15, 2019)
Posted on  ,