Whatever the reason may be, hacked social media accounts are a fact of life. It s important to know what to do when your Facebook account is hacked.
Here s a step-by-step guide to resolving a hacked Facebook account, with input from online security experts.
Check to make sure your account really has been hacked
If you notice suspicious activity on your Facebook account such as changes to your name, birthday, email address or password; new sent messages or friend requests to people you don t know; posts appearing on your timeline that you did not post then go to the upper right-hand corner of your Facebook page and click on the arrow there, revealing a drop-down menu.
Despite its issues, and there are many, Facebook remains today s main digital public square. Politicians and journalists gravitate toward Twitter, Gen Z loves Snapchat and TikTok, and Facebook fills in the gaps everywhere else.
A few years of scandals have yet to make much of an impact on Facebook s bottom line. In the US and Canada, it had its best-ever quarter for ad revenue in Q4 2020, according to Statista. Monthly active users on the platform in the US/Canada continue to go up. Facebook is not synonymous with the internet, (despite its best efforts), but its website and apps offer a bevy of personalization options. Read on to awaken your inner social networking guru.