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Twitter to ban users from promoting rival social platforms
Twitters users are banned from promoting their other social media accounts like Instagram and Facebook on the platform
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Meta releases open-source tool to scan for terrorist content
The HMA software detects website content for harmful and inappropriate propaganda using a wide shared database
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Pakistani creators on Facebook can monetize content creation, says FM Bilawal
Minister announces that through launch of new Facebook feature creators can earn more with each 'star' they receive
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Meta launches Facebook Stars in Pakistan
Facebook Stars launches in Pakistan for content creators to engage with their audiences and monetize digital goods
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Facebook Dating now requires age verification
Meta will ask for a photo ID and use a machine learning algorithm to verify the age
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LinkedIn's new feature to let users schedule posts
Matt Navarra confirms LinkedIn feature to schedule posting after sighting the clock icon on the app and website
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Meta to prevent suspicious adults from messaging teens
Meta to introduce default settings to protect teens online from suspicious adults and sharing of non-consensual images
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Facebook takes down AI that created fake academic papers
Meta takes down AI Galactica within three days of launch, after criticism from users reporting nonsense papers
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Facebook parent Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week
Disappointing outlook comes as Meta is contending with concerns about massive spending on the metaverse
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India sets up govt panel to hear social media content moderation complaints
Government panel will comprise a chairperson and two full time members who will be independent members
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Meta's social media apps back up after brief outage
More than 11,000 users across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger had reported issues with accessing the apps
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WhatsApp to get Facebook-style Bitmoji avatars
The messenger app is expected to roll out support for customizable avatars in their upcoming Android update
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Facebook threatens to block news content over Canada's revenue-sharing bill
Facebook may block sharing of news in Canada after legislation compelling digital platforms to pay news publishers
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Meta oversight board can now apply warning screens on content
Data shows the demand from users to appeal Meta’s content moderation decisions to an independent body
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U.S. appeals court rejects big tech's right regulate online speech
US court upholds Texas law that bars social media companies from censoring users’ personal opinion on the platform
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EU to consult on making Big Tech contribute to telco network costs
EU's will launch a consultation next year on whether tech giants should bear some costs of Europe's telecoms network
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Facebook to shut down gaming app in October
Gaming app won't be available on Google Play Store or the Apple Store after shutdown
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Meta will let you post your NFTs on Instagram, Facebook
Meta to integrate NFT posts on its social platforms, while also aiming to introduce digital collectible sales
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Meta's Facebook agrees to settle data privacy lawsuit
Facebook has agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties access the private data of users
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Meta reaches $37.5 mln settlement of Facebook location tracking lawsuit
Meta reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users' privacy
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US lawmakers unveil bill to help news media negotiate with Google, Facebook
US lawmakers released a bill aimed at making it easier for news organizations to negotiate collectively with platforms
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TikTok feature lets creators share stories to Facebook, Instagram
TikTok will let creators cross-share their TikTok Stories to Facebook and Instagram Stories directly through the app
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Pinterest plans to compete more effectively with TikTok, Shopify and Instagram
Pinterest has faced lower than expected revenue, but it continues to compete ardently with popular social media apps
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Facebook to shut down live shopping feature
Facebook is shutting down its live shopping feature starting from October 1, as it moves to focus on Reels instead
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TikTok expected to overtake Facebook influencer marketing spend this year
TikTok is rapidly catching up to Instagram's influencer marketing spend and is expected surpass Facebook and YouTube
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Richer childhood friends boost future income, Facebook data shows
Economic connectedness termed one of the strongest predictors of economic mobility
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Meta's pandemic-era forecast was too rosy: Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg says he had hired too aggressively and failed to account for the possibility of an economic downturn
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Meta's Facebook revamping main feed to attract younger users
Meta is revamping the main feed on its Facebook app to prioritize discovery of new content from accounts users follow
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Facebook to allow up to five profiles tied to one account
Facebook is introducing ways for users to maintain up to five profiles
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Facebook owner Meta announces new virtual reality login system
Meta Platforms Inc is modifying how users log onto its virtual reality headsets
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EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules, but enforcement a worry
EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules, but enforcement could be hampered by regulators' limited resources
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Online privacy bill easily passed by U.S. House panel
A bill aimed to limit the collection of personal data was passed by U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.
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Meta to launch online clothing store for Metaverse users
Digital goods will be an important way to express yourself in the metaverse, says Zuckerberg
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Facebook owner Meta makes antitrust commitments over online advertising
Ad tech companies will be able to access advertising data once a level of spending is met on the interface
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Meta, Google, Twitter vow to fight fake news better as EU gets tougher
More than 30 signatories including advertising bodies have committed to the updated code
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Google, Facebook, Twitter to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines
Google, Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc. and other companies need to take measures to tackle deepfakes or risk hefty fines
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Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads
Meta and Facebook failed its test of controlling violent hate speech on the social media platform
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Meta unfriends FB ticker in final farewell to Facebook era
Meta Platform officially leaves its former name, Facebook, behind as it begins trading infer ‘META’
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US Senate likely to pass bill to bar tech firms
US Senate votes to pass legislation to prevent the four tech giants from favouring their business in search results
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Google to pay $100 million for Photo facial recognition lawsuit
Google to pay $100 million to Illinois residents for violation of privacy concerns over its Face Grouping feature
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Meta Platforms to trade under 'META' ticker from June 9
Meta's Class A stock will be traded under the ticker of META instead of its previous name, FB
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Meta rewrites privacy policy to make it 'comprehensible' to users
New policy is applicable on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and other Meta products, but will exclude WhatsApp
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Facebook-owner Meta to share more political ad targeting data
Meta aims to share data on targeting choices made by advertisers running political and social issue ads
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Zuckerberg targeted in US privacy lawsuit
Facebook founder accused of playing a direct role in Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
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Facebook Pay is being renamed Meta Pay
Facebook is being renamed as users continue to use its services with digital assets and the Metaverse
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US lawmakers ask tech companies to archive evidence of potential Russian war crimes
US lawyers asked CEOs of tech companies to archive content that can be suspected of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
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Meta mulls reducing money it gives news organizations
Meta Platforms reevaluated partnerships with new organisations and considers reducing the money it gives to them
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Meta gives preview of its first store, enterprise tools
Meta gave an early glimpse of its first physical store featuring a screen to show off games on VR headsets and more
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Mark Zuckerberg teases wearable tech with neural interface in Facebook post
Zuckerberg posted regarding a new smart glasses project, teasing a prototype of neural interface wristband
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Zuckerberg aims to spend more on metaverse, investors skeptical
Zuckerberg's ambitious aims for the Metaverse is falling short of low revenue profits and declining users