My Instagram account has been the target of scammers in the last few months. The scammer sets up an account with a home page that looks like mine and contacts Instagram users with offers of a second income or massive profits from cryptocurrency. I get lots of direct messages every day from people contacting me… Continue reading My copycat Instagram accounts
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Not in breach of Meta Policy
There is a report in the newspaper today of a successful High Court application on behalf of a young man who was the victim of an online harassment campaign on Instagram. The student was being blackmailed with threats of compromising images being published online if he failed to pay up. When he had first complained… Continue reading Not in breach of Meta Policy
Increased number of requests from An Garda Siochana to Facebook about its keyboard warriors
There is an interesting story in the Irish Times this morning by Conor Gallagher about An Garda Siochana and social media. An Garda Siochana has significantly increased the number of requests made to Meta (Facebook) for information about the private information of social media users. Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp and the number of requests… Continue reading Increased number of requests from An Garda Siochana to Facebook about its keyboard warriors
Unfollow
“Unfollow. Stick to law instead..”, he said in his response to my post on Instagram. “Fine, work away. Follow only those whose opinion you agree with”, I said. “Enter into an echo chamber of identical and similar opinions to yours and see how you grow. Make sure your thought leaders look like you and have… Continue reading Unfollow