Facebook Bans Six Companies For Spying On Journos

NBC News reports:

Spies for hire are secretly targeting journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents on behalf of corporations and governments to an extent not previously understood, Facebook’s parent company says in a new report, while banning six companies and a Chinese network named in the report from its social media platforms.

“The global surveillance-for-hire industry targets people across the internet to collect intelligence, manipulate them into revealing information and compromise their devices and accounts,” says the report by Meta Platforms, parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

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Spies for hire are targeting journalists, dissidents for corporations and governments, says Facebook parent Meta in new report. The firms include Black Cube, which worked for Harvey Weinstein. For more, watch @KenDilanianNBC on @HallieOnNBC https://t.co/Lq0nlAmFqK

— NBC Investigations (@NBCInvestigates) December 16, 2021