Russia puts Facebook-owner Meta spokesman on wanted list
MOSCOW: Russia has added the spokesman of US technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s…
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Trump allowed back on Twitter and Facebook after 2021 ban
Social Media giant Meta has given the green signal to the former US president Donald Trump. Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg stated that, “We will be reinstating Mr. Trump’s…
Instagram, Facebook banned in Russia
A Russian court on Monday banned Facebook and Instagram as "extremist", part of sweeping efforts by Moscow to crack down on social media during the conflict in Ukraine.
The Russian…
Ukrainians can lock Facebook pages after ‘kill list’ fears
Facebook said it has a team monitoring the situation, and has rolled out the account-locking feature in response.
Twitter mistakenly pulled accounts monitoring Russian troops
Twitter acknowledged Wednesday it suspended in error some accounts relaying information about Russian military movements as the threat builds for an attack on Ukraine.
Meta’s profit slips as Facebook loses users
CFO Dave Weiner told analysts that user growth was impacted by "headwinds" including disproportionate growth in the Asia-Pacific during the pandemic that has slowed and an increase in mobile…
Social media accounts of Pakistan Embassy in Serbia hacked: FO Spokesperson
SLAMABAD, Dec 3 : Pakistan on Friday said since the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of its Embassy in Serbia have been hacked, messages being posted on these accounts were not from…
Facebook ending facial recognition use over privacy fears
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting a billion faceprints, its parent company said Tuesday, in response to serious concerns over privacy at the scandal-hit…
Facebook announces 10,000 EU jobs to build ‘metaverse’
Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the "metaverse", a virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future.…
Facebook fights global outage and whistleblower revelations
Facebook battled dueling crises Monday as potentially billions of users were impacted when its dominant social network went offline for seven hours, and the company fought against a…
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by outage: tracker
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were hit by a massive outage Monday, impacting potentially tens of millions of users as the social media giant faces fallout over its effect…
Facebook whistleblower reveals identity, says firm chooses profit over safety”
The whistleblower who shared a trove of Facebook documents alleging the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental health revealed her identity…
Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules : report
Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some its own rules for posts as part of a program launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street…
TikTok tops Facebook as most downloaded app of 2020
TikTok was the world's most downloaded app last year, overtaking Facebook and its messaging platforms, market tracker App Annie said Tuesday.
The Chinese-owned video app surged in…
Facebook, Twitter vow to tackle racial abuse of England footballers
Facebook and Twitter said Monday they were scrambling to take down racially abusive comments directed at members of the England football team following a heartbreaking loss in Sunday's Euro…