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Facebook owner Meta Platforms is calling out half a dozen private surveillance companies for hacking or other abuses targeted at 50,000 people across its platforms.

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram says the firms used its platforms to spy on human rights activists, government critics, celebrities and journalists in more than 100 countries.

BOSTON—Security researchers said Thursday they found two kinds of commercial spyware on the phone of a leading exiled ...

Facebook’s parent firm, Meta, banned several Israeli “cyber-mercenaries” or spy-for-hire firms, which monitor its users.

Facebook owner Meta said Thursday that around 50,000 Facebook users have been targeted by private surveillance companies.

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has banned seven firms that sell software and services used for espionage in over 100 countries.

Facebook Exposes Mercenary Spy Firms That Targeted 50,000 People

Meta, the parent corporation, shut down hundreds of Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to seven separate spy organizations and contacted about 50,000 people who had been targeted.

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has warned some 50,000 account holders they are targets of surveillance.

Indian firm BellTroX is named in Facebook owner Meta’s list of companies who engage in ‘surveillance-for-hire’.