Meta bans seven private surveillance groups for using Facebook to spy on people worldwide

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Meta has banned seven private surveillance groups for using Facebook to spy on people worldwide
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Meta has banned seven private surveillance groups for using Facebook to spy on people worldwide

Targets include journalists, dissidents, human rights activists and critics of authoritarian regimes and their families

Facebook's parent company Meta has banned seven "cyber-mercenary" groups from its platform following a months-long investigation which concluded that these groups were "indiscriminately" targeting ...

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