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Meta purged over 18 mn pieces of bad content on FB, Insta in India in Feb
New Delhi: Meta said that it took down over 13.8 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 4.8 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies for…
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Meta asked to remove restriction on Arabic word ‘shaheed’
New Delhi: Meta’s oversight board on Tuesday asked the company to end its blanket ban on the Arabic word “shaheed”, roughly translated as “martyr” in English. The Board’s year-long extensive review revealed…
- Business
YouTube, Meta must act against online phishing scams: S. Korean celebrities
Seoul, March: A group of South Korean television celebrities and media personalities on Friday called on major social media platforms like YouTube and Meta, which operate Facebook and Instagram, to take action…
- Middle East
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’…
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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…
