Dutch police arrested two individuals late last week for allegedly selling data from the Dutch health ministry’s COVID-19 systems on the criminal underground. From a report: The arrests came after an investigation by RTL Nieuws reporter Daniel Verlaan who discovered ads for Dutch citizen data online, advertised on instant messaging apps like Telegram, Snapchat, and Wickr. The ads consisted of photos…
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Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps
This piece is part of an ongoing Motherboard series on Facebook’s content moderation strategies. You can read the rest of the coverage here. Users on Instagram are advertising guns for sale despite the social network banning trade of weapons between individuals since 2016, according to a review of Instagram accounts. Some Instagram accounts make clear… Continue reading Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps