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FaceBook sues Chinese firm Octopus for scraping data from FB, Instagram

Meta has sued Octopus, a US subsidiary of a Chinese high-tech enterprise, and a Turkish individual for scraping data from Facebook, Instagram and other big tech platforms.

Jul 6, 2022

WhatsApp says banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in May

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of May in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.

Jul 1, 2022

Meta rolls out parental controls for Quest VR headsets

Meta, formerly Facebook, has announced that it is adding parental controls to all Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets that will allow parents to keep a tab on underage users' screen time and receive approval requests for purchases.

Jun 15, 2022

IT Ministry ponders Big Tech's content moderation decisions, posts draft plan to reverse them

The Indian government has republished a draft that reveals the plan to form an appeals panel that can reverse content moderation decisions by Big Tech companies like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Jun 7, 2022

Instagram launches 'AMBER Alerts' to help find missing children in their area

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is launching AMBER Alerts on the platform that will allow people to see and share notices of missing children in their area.

Jun 2, 2022

Facebook's parent company to change stock ticker to META with effect from June 9 [details]

Meta has announced that its Class A common stock will begin trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol 'META' prior to market open on June 9, 2022.

Jun 1, 2022

Facebook's dark mode interface disappears for iOS users; no one knows why [details]

Meta-owned Facebook's dark mode interface for iOS platform has reportedly disappeared for several users.

May 29, 2022

Meta rolls out updated 3D Avatars in India

Meta on Tuesday rolled out updated 3D Avatars on Facebook, Messenger and for the first time on Instagram stories and direct messages in India.

May 25, 2022

Instagram testing NFTs this week, Facebook soon: Zuckerberg

Meta-owned Instagram is starting to test digital collectibles or non-fungible tokens (NFTs) this week, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, as the global NFT market sees downturn.

May 10, 2022

Reduce depression, anxiety, stress and improve overall well-being by staying away from these [Check]

Taking a break from social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, for at least a week may lead to significant improvements in wellbeing, depression and anxiety, finds a new study.

May 7, 2022

At 332 mn users, Snapchat growing faster than Facebook, Twitter

Social media platform Snapchat is growing faster than Facebook and Twitter and in its latest quarterly report, the platform said it grew its daily active users (DAUs) 18 per cent to 332 million (year-on-year).

Apr 22, 2022

WhatsApp likely to roll out new drawing tool features

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is likely to roll out a new drawing tool features for its users.

Apr 12, 2022

Russia blocks Facebook; FB hits back, pauses all ads

In alarming censorship, Russia has blocked access to Facebook in the country. In response, its parent company Meta has paused all ads in Russia.

Mar 5, 2022

Russian disinformation campaign against Ukraine exposed; FB, Twitter take action [details]

Facebook and Twitter removed two anti-Ukraine "covert influence operations" over the weekend. One had ties to Russia, while the other was connected to Belarus.

Mar 3, 2022

After FB, Russia blocks Twitter amid Ukrainian invasion; Russians use VPN [details]

After Facebook, Russia has now blocked Twitter to stifle the flow of information as its invasion of Ukraine escalates.

Feb 27, 2022

Never take screenshots from Facebook messenger, warns Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg himself demonstrated how this new feature will work on messenger

Feb 5, 2022

For the first time, Facebook loses daily users, ad growth declines, share price plunges by 20%

For the first time ever, Facebook has lost daily users globally, reporting lower-than-expected ad growth that sent its stock plunging nearly 20 per cent.

Feb 3, 2022

Consumers lost $770 mn in social media scams in 2021: Report

Scamsters on prowl: US consumers lost $770 mn in social media scams in 2021

More than 95,000 people reported about $770 million in losses to fraud initiated on social media platforms in 2021, according to a new report.

Jan 29, 2022

Patna man honey-trapped on Facebook; asked to pay Rs 20,000 [details]

An area manager at a private firm here in Danapur locality has approached the Patna Police cyber cell with a complaint alleging that he was honey-trapped by a girl on Facebook.

Jan 14, 2022

WhatsApp rolling out global voice note player for iOS beta

WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new global voice note player on iOS beta that will let users listen to a voice message while on a different chat.

Jan 12, 2022

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