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Google Messages adds enhanced scam detection tools
Google Messages adds new safety features, including enhanced scam detection. There’s also a forthcoming tool to disable texts from unknown international senders.
Lawrence Bonk10.22.2024
The Republican National Committee loses its legal challenge to Gmail
A federal judge tossed a lawsuit filed by the GOP against Google over Gmail's spam filter.
Danny Gallagher08.01.2024
Instagram is making it easier to remove spammy followers
Meta is rolling out a suite of new tools on Instagram that give users more control over how much spam content and bots they will see on their feeds.
Malak Saleh12.13.2023
US Senate begins collecting evidence on how AI could thwart robocalls
Witnesses called for greater action from the FCC and other government agencies.
Sarah Fielding10.25.2023
Judge tosses Republican lawsuit against Google over Gmail spam filters
Judge tosses Republican lawsuit against Google over Gmail spam filters.
Steve Dent08.28.2023
Instagram is cracking down on DM spam
Instagram hopes to curb DM spam by limiting what people can send in requests.
Jon Fingas08.03.2023
WhatsApp can now automatically silence unknown callers
With a new update, WhatsApp wants to make spam calls less annoying and let users select the optimal privacy settings.
Steve Dent06.20.2023
Company responsible for 7.5 billion robocalls sued by nearly every Attorney General
Arizona-based Avid Telecom is being sued over allegedly making over 7.5 billion calls to people on the National Do Not Call Registry. The company allegedly spoofed over 8.4 million calls that claimed to be government agencies and law enforcement.
Peter Cao05.26.2023
Reddit says it's banning more people than ever in big transparency push
Reddit has introduced a transparency center serving as a hub for safety, security and policy information.
Steve Dent03.30.2023
Google will once again apply Gmail spam detection to political campaign emails
Google plans to end a pilot that let political ad campaigns dodge Gmail's spam filters.
Jon Fingas01.24.2023
Google Voice now flags suspected spam calls
Google will now flag suspected spam calls on its Voice service and will clearly label them as such, complete with a big red exclamation mark.
Mariella Moon12.30.2022FCC cuts off a voice provider for failing to protect against robocalls
The FCC has cut off a voice provider that didn't do enough to block robocall scams.
Jon Fingas11.22.2022
The FCC is cracking down on ringless voicemail spam
The FCC is cracking down on ringless voicemail spam that clutters your inbox.
Jon Fingas11.21.2022
The Republican National Committee is suing Google over Gmail's spam filters
The Republican National Committee has accused Google of sending “millions” of campaign emails to Gmail spam folders.
Igor Bonifacic10.22.2022
Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower
His lawyers demanded details on how spam affects Twitter's business, among other things.
Kris Holt08.29.2022
FEC says Google can let political campaigns dodge Gmail's spam filters
The DNC says a pilot project could subject users to 'abusive fundraising tactics.'
Kris Holt08.11.2022
Google Calendar is getting better at weeding out spam invites
Google Calendar has released a new update for an issue that it promised to fix three years ago.
Steve Dent07.21.2022
YouTube introduces new tools to battle comment spam and account imitators
Channels will no longer be able to hide their subscriber counts.
Kris Holt06.30.2022
Google is trying to keep political campaign emails out of Gmail spam folders
It plans to make eligible messages exempt from spam filters.
Kris Holt06.28.2022
Twitter will reportedly give its full data stream to Elon Musk
Twitter could comply with Elon Musk’s demand for more data about its users as soon as this week.
Igor Bonifacic06.08.2022