A 'Telegram Bot' Allows Hackers to View Facebook User's Phone Numbers -&- Twitter Launches 'Birdwatch' to Fight Online Misinformation

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Bot Lets Hackers Easily Lookup Facebook Users' Phone Numbers


SOURCE:  Joseph Cox, Motherboard - Tech by Vice 


Twitter launches Birdwatch, a fact-checking program intended to fight misinformation


SOURCE:  Kim Lyons, The Verge 




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