Meta bans seven surveillance-for-hire outfits, removing over 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts and alerting 50K users targeted by the groups (Zack

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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Meta bans seven surveillance-for-hire outfits, removing over 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts and alerting 50K users targeted by the groups — Cytrox is one of seven surveillance companies now banned from Meta's platforms — While NSO Group was taking flak for hacking into the phones of journalists …