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Iran condemns Meta’s removal of Khamenei’s FB, Insta account
Tehran: Iran has condemned the US-based tech giant Meta’s decision to remove the Facebook and Instagram accounts of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling it a “violation of freedom of expression,”…
- Technology
WhatsApp banned over 67L bad accounts in India in Jan
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp banned over 67 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of January, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. Between January 1-31, the company banned “6,728,000…
- Technology
Threads to make its API available to developers by June
San Francisco: Meta-owned Threads will make its application programming interface (API) available to developers by June this year, it has announced. The company is currently testing this with a small set of…
- Business
Meta Founder Zuckerberg meets LG CEO to discuss AR strategy
Seoul: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with LG Electronics CEO Cho Joo-wan on Wednesday to discuss ways to enhance corporate collaborations in the extended reality (XR) and augmented reality (AR)…
- Business
Meta testing ‘trending topics’ feature on Threads
San Francisco: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerburg has announced that the company is testing a new “trending topics” feature on Threads that will allow users to see what kinds of conversations…
- Business
Meta will no longer recommend political content to users on Insta, Threads
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has said that it will not proactively suggest political content to users by default on Instagram and Threads. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced the change in a…
- News
Meta will no longer recommend political content to users on Insta, Threads
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has said that it will not proactively suggest political content to users by default on Instagram and Threads. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced the change in a…
- Business
Meta expands ‘Take It Down’ programme to help teens fight sextortion
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has worked with the US National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to expand the ‘Take It Down’ programme to more countries and languages to help…
- Business
Zuckerberg fifth richest person in the world following surge in Meta share price
New York: Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the fifth richest person in the world following a surge in Meta’s share price that has seen his net worth increase more than…
- Technology
WhatsApp bans over 69L bad accounts in India in December 2023
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 69 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of December 2023, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company said on…
- News
Meta’s new setting now only allows followers to DM teens on Insta, FB
New Delhi: To help protect teens from unwanted contact, and to make it simpler for parents to shape their teens’ online experiences, Meta on Thursday announced ‘stricter private messaging settings for teens’…
- Business
Meta documents show 100K kids sexually harassed daily on FB, Insta
San Francisco: A recent court case concerning child abuse on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram apps claimed that an internal company estimate from 2021 indicated that up to 100,000 children were subjected to…
- Business
Meta lays off technical programme managers at Instagram
New Delhi: Meta has started the New Year with laying off some technical programme managers (TPMs) at Instagram and reports said that at least 60 such jobs are either being consolidated or…
- Technology
Facebook ‘Link History’ tracks more than you think: Here is how to disable it
Hyderabad: Facebook and other social media app now track our activities. To enhance their advertising strategy, the company recently introduced ‘Link History’ on Facebook. This feature will track the links users click…
- Technology
Meta removes support for Chromecast from Quest VR headsets: Report
San Francisco: Meta has discontinued Chromecast functionality from Quest VR headsets via a software update with the build number (firmware version) 60.0, which was released last month. The change is especially noticeable…
