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Meta Restores Kerala Chief Minister Office's Facebook Posts After Outrage
The posts related to the announcement of the Onam festival allowance for ASHA workers and greetings on the occasion of Nabi Day.
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Electricity, Gas, FASTag And More: WhatsApp Bill Payments Now Live In India
WhatsApp is rolling out Bill payments to people across India gradually and the feature will be available for all Android and iOS versions over the coming weeks.
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WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Third-Party AI Agent Chats. Here's How It Works
Official WhatsApp documents confirm the third-party agent system, while beta testing reports suggest the feature could soon become easier for users to access.
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WhatsApp Reportedly Rolling Out Third-Party AI Agent Chats to Android Users
WhatsApp could soon allow users to bring compatible third-party agents into the messaging platform. A new Agents section reportedly lets users configure services, with support for up to five agents and API keys used to establish their connections. Each service would have a separate conversation and access only to messages shared there. However, the...
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20 Million Children Faced Online Sexual Abuse In A Year Across 21 Nations: UN
Roughly 15 million children in the countries surveyed were exposed to unwanted sexual content, 9 million were pressured into sexual conversations, and 4 million had sexual images shared without their consent
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Meta Launches Muse Voice Transcribe With Support for 5 Indian and 70+ Global Languages
Meta has introduced Muse Voice Transcribe, a real-time speech model that can transcribe conversations while identifying individual speakers and detecting when they start or stop talking. The model supports more than 70 languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, with 25 languages validated for the initial release. It can proce...
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8,000 Applications, No Job: Ex-Google, Meta, Microsoft Workers Reveal The Harsh Reality After Layoffs
Four former Big Tech employees reveal how layoffs changed their careers, finances and attitudes towards job security, while forcing them to rethink life beyond corporate work.
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How Meta Will Verify Young Users' Ages Under $18 Billion Settlement
Meta policy bars children under 13 from using Facebook or Instagram and permits teenagers to use the platforms with some limits on content.
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Govt Warns Against Malicious Android Apps Disguised As Adult Content That Can Enable Financial Fraud
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued an advisory against rising financial fraud involving malicious Android apps that were found to be masquerading as pornography apps. According to the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU), the apps are being promoted under various names through advertisements on social media platforms u...
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WhatsApp's Scam Alert Feature Arrives for Android Beta Users: Report
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out the Scam Alert feature to a limited number of Android beta testers with version 2.26.34.1. This functionality runs an on-device machine learning model to alert users about potential scam messages. It is an optional feature, and when the model identifies a message as a likely scam attempt, the user sees a warning i...
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Meta's US Teen Rules Put Age Verification At Centre Of India's Child-Safety Debate: Experts
Meta's deal with the US states requires a two-hour daily limit, a midnight to 6 am block, and muted notifications between 8 am and 3 pm for children under 18.
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Meta Pays Billions Over Teen Harms In US. In India, Algo Runs Unchecked
The US Surgeon General has separately warned that heavy social media use roughly doubles adolescents' risk of depression and anxiety, and that nearly half of teens surveyed said it made them feel worse about their bodies.
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Meta Agrees to Pay $18 Billion to Settle US Lawsuits Over Children's Social Media Addiction
The settlements announced on Wednesday end a federal trial over allegations Meta's products harmed children and the company misled the public about their safety. Four of the states — California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey — were expected to seek close to $200 billion in civil penalties.
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Meta To Implement Nighttime Curfews, Time Limits For Teens In Settlement
Within six months, teenage accounts would by default be locked out of Facebook and Instagram from midnight to 6:00 am local time.
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How to Secure Your Instagram Account With Two-Factor Authentication
Instagram lets users add another layer of protection to their accounts with two-factor authentication. The feature asks for an additional login code when Instagram needs to verify a sign-in, and users can choose an authentication app, text message or WhatsApp as their security method. Setting up 2FA takes only a few steps through the Accounts Cente...
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Meta Restores Kerala Chief Minister Office's Facebook Posts After Outrage
The posts related to the announcement of the Onam festival allowance for ASHA workers and greetings on the occasion of Nabi Day.
-
Electricity, Gas, FASTag And More: WhatsApp Bill Payments Now Live In India
WhatsApp is rolling out Bill payments to people across India gradually and the feature will be available for all Android and iOS versions over the coming weeks.
-
WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Third-Party AI Agent Chats. Here's How It Works
Official WhatsApp documents confirm the third-party agent system, while beta testing reports suggest the feature could soon become easier for users to access.
-
WhatsApp Reportedly Rolling Out Third-Party AI Agent Chats to Android Users
WhatsApp could soon allow users to bring compatible third-party agents into the messaging platform. A new Agents section reportedly lets users configure services, with support for up to five agents and API keys used to establish their connections. Each service would have a separate conversation and access only to messages shared there. However, the...
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20 Million Children Faced Online Sexual Abuse In A Year Across 21 Nations: UN
Roughly 15 million children in the countries surveyed were exposed to unwanted sexual content, 9 million were pressured into sexual conversations, and 4 million had sexual images shared without their consent
-
Meta Launches Muse Voice Transcribe With Support for 5 Indian and 70+ Global Languages
Meta has introduced Muse Voice Transcribe, a real-time speech model that can transcribe conversations while identifying individual speakers and detecting when they start or stop talking. The model supports more than 70 languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, with 25 languages validated for the initial release. It can proce...
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8,000 Applications, No Job: Ex-Google, Meta, Microsoft Workers Reveal The Harsh Reality After Layoffs
Four former Big Tech employees reveal how layoffs changed their careers, finances and attitudes towards job security, while forcing them to rethink life beyond corporate work.
-
How Meta Will Verify Young Users' Ages Under $18 Billion Settlement
Meta policy bars children under 13 from using Facebook or Instagram and permits teenagers to use the platforms with some limits on content.
-
Govt Warns Against Malicious Android Apps Disguised As Adult Content That Can Enable Financial Fraud
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued an advisory against rising financial fraud involving malicious Android apps that were found to be masquerading as pornography apps. According to the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU), the apps are being promoted under various names through advertisements on social media platforms u...
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WhatsApp's Scam Alert Feature Arrives for Android Beta Users: Report
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out the Scam Alert feature to a limited number of Android beta testers with version 2.26.34.1. This functionality runs an on-device machine learning model to alert users about potential scam messages. It is an optional feature, and when the model identifies a message as a likely scam attempt, the user sees a warning i...
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Meta's US Teen Rules Put Age Verification At Centre Of India's Child-Safety Debate: Experts
Meta's deal with the US states requires a two-hour daily limit, a midnight to 6 am block, and muted notifications between 8 am and 3 pm for children under 18.
-
Meta Pays Billions Over Teen Harms In US. In India, Algo Runs Unchecked
The US Surgeon General has separately warned that heavy social media use roughly doubles adolescents' risk of depression and anxiety, and that nearly half of teens surveyed said it made them feel worse about their bodies.
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Meta Agrees to Pay $18 Billion to Settle US Lawsuits Over Children's Social Media Addiction
The settlements announced on Wednesday end a federal trial over allegations Meta's products harmed children and the company misled the public about their safety. Four of the states — California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey — were expected to seek close to $200 billion in civil penalties.
-
Meta To Implement Nighttime Curfews, Time Limits For Teens In Settlement
Within six months, teenage accounts would by default be locked out of Facebook and Instagram from midnight to 6:00 am local time.
-
How to Secure Your Instagram Account With Two-Factor Authentication
Instagram lets users add another layer of protection to their accounts with two-factor authentication. The feature asks for an additional login code when Instagram needs to verify a sign-in, and users can choose an authentication app, text message or WhatsApp as their security method. Setting up 2FA takes only a few steps through the Accounts Cente...
