Publications by Eric Niewoehner
Articles that bring attention to issues surrounding Facebook or tips for using the platform.
It is interesting how news comes in pairs. This morning I came across a news report on Australia initiating a law that will block any child under the age of 16 from accessing the Internet. Later in the day, Forbes posted a video of Missouri Senator Josh Hawley advancing legislation to require platforms to post…
It is rather alarming to get a message accusing you of “page harassment” and a “copyright infringement.” It is just one more scam in the world of Facebook.
Social media is flooded with fake accounts. One way of solving that riddle is to introduce a scale, or a score, that will verify that the account is a real person or busin
I recently posted invites to a garage sale. I created an event in Facebook which eventually presented an opportunity to designate who will receive the invite. Amongst the list of friends I counted seven that I knew had been deceased.
In April this year I wrote an article on what I call “phantom buyers”, these pretend accounts on Facebook that exploit security vulnerabilities in Facebook’s Marketplace. I have been heavily engaged in Facebook’s Marketplace for the past few months because we are preparing to move back to Missouri. So I have been quite intrigued by the frequent encounters with “phantom buyer