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FIR against Zukerberg for FB post against Akhilesh

FIR filed against Zukerberg for FB post against Akhilesh Yadav, dropped later

A case has been filed at a court in Kannauj district against FB CEO Mark Zukerberg for FB post against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav but later his name was dropped and Facebook administrator was made the accused

Dec 1, 2021

New feature being tested by Instagram to reduce screen time

Instagram testing "Take a Break" feature; To reduce time spent on platform

Facebook's Vice President of global affairs Nick Clegg, said that the photo-sharing platform will introduce new features to remove bad content and is currently testing the most awaited 'Take a Break' feature for better time management.

Nov 11, 2021

Ads linked to race, religion to be deleted on FB and Instagram, says parent company Meta

Starting January 19, 2022 sensitive ads targeting options related to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion or sexual orientation will be deleted on FB and Instagram, according to Meta, the parent company.

Nov 10, 2021

Facebook to pay French publishers for reusing their content

As pressure mounts on social media platforms to pay news publishers for using their content, Facebook has reached a multi-year pact to pay French publishers for resharing their content on its platforms.

Oct 23, 2021

Facebook plans to rebrand company with new name: Report

Social media giant Facebook is reportedly planning to rebrand the company with a new name that focuses on the metaverse.

Oct 20, 2021

End digital wallet project, Facebook can't be trusted to manage payment system: US lawmakers

Sharpening the attack on Facebook, a group of US Democrats has asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to end his digital wallet and cryptocurrency project, adding that the social network can't be trusted to manage cryptocurrency.

Oct 20, 2021

Facebook is annoyed with leaked documents' coverage; calls it orchestrated campaign [details]

Ahead of what appears to be a series of news articles based on leaked Facebook documents, the social media giant is making its stand clear on the matter.

Oct 19, 2021

Why governments across the globe are taxing major tech companies: Explained

It is pertinent to note that the IMF has also expressed some interest in the proposal.

Oct 13, 2021

FB, Insta, Messenger Friday outage: FB says issue fixed; 2nd attempt in a week

Facebook has said the issues that blocked access to its apps and services for nearly two hours on Friday have been fixed.

Oct 9, 2021

Telegram gains 70 mn new users in one day, thanks to FB's outage for over 6 hrs

People took to Twitter to tweet the problems they were facing with Facebook family apps, including posting memes and GIFs.

Oct 7, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg reacts to "profit over safety" claim; see what FB chief has to say [full statement]

Strongly refuting to the allegations made by a former Facebook employee about the company prioritizing "profit over safety", Mark Zuckerberg called them "deeply illogical."

Oct 6, 2021

FB chooses profit over safety of its users: Whistleblower's revelations coincide with global outage

In an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday, whistleblower Frances Haugen doubled down on the document trove seemingly proving Facebook cared more about its algorithms than dealing with hate speech and other toxic content.

Oct 5, 2021

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram back after six-hour outage

Services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp started coming back online on Tuesday after an outage that lasted almost six hours.

Oct 5, 2021

Why WhatsApp Payments failed to click in India

WhatsApp added the Indian rupee sign to its chat composer to make payments easier for Indian users.

Oct 4, 2021

This is a bombshell: US lawmakers blast FB in 3-hr grilling over Instagram hurting teens

"You've lost our trust," Senator Marsha Blackburn said. "We don't trust you with the influence over our children."

Oct 2, 2021

Instagram pauses kids' version; Parent company FB to review whether toxic for teenaged girls

Facebook Files: Data Indicates Instagram Harmful to Teenagers, Particularly Teenage Girls.

Sep 28, 2021

FB overrun by vax lies despite denying fuelling hesitancy: Report

The report paints a picture of a company outfoxed by a small but wily group of anti-vaccine activists that it called "big whales."

Sep 19, 2021

SC orders to free activist detained for Facebook post

The Supreme Court ordered Erendro Leichombam, a Manipuri activist, to be released. Leichombam was charged with NSA for a Facebook post.

Jul 19, 2021

Facebook, other social media platforms are "killing people" with Covid misinformation, says Biden

US President Joe Biden has hit out at Facebook again, saying that such social media platforms are allowing Covid vaccine misinformation to spread and are "killing people".

Jul 17, 2021

Governments across the globe demanding Twitter to remove content of reporters, news outlets

From July 1 to December 31, it received over 14,500 requests for information worldwide, with 30 percent of those requests resulting in the production of part or all of the requested information

Jul 15, 2021

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