Over half a billion Facebook and Linkedin user profiles were recently leaked online or put up for sale by cybercriminals. Also, about 1.3M Clubhouse user profilers were posted on a hacker forum. This may have been due to data scraping, which is allowed by Clubhouse API or app and can be accessed by "anyone". 

April fool's joke by Deliveroo and Volkswagen backfires.  Shouldn't inaccurate or untrue information published as a joke by some companies be classified as misinformation rather than a prank? 

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1. The Facebook Phone Numbers Are Now Searchable in Have I Been Pwned https://www.troyhunt.com/the-facebook-phone-numbers-are-now-searchable-in-have-i-been-pwned/

2. The joke is on Volkswagen after April Fool’s name change debacle https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/31/bb-thejokeis-on-volkswagen-after-april-fools-name-change-debacle

3. Deliveroo April Fool's joke backfires in France

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56617049

4. Security News This Week: Oh Look, LinkedIn Also Had 500M Users' Data Scraped

https://www.wired.com/story/linkedin-data-scrape-phishing-zoom-security-news/

5. “Not ideal” from a privacy standpoint: Clubhouse API lets “anyone” scrape public user data

https://cybernews.com/security/not-ideal-from-a-privacy-standpoint-clubhouse-api-lets-anyone-scrape-public-user-data/