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Instagram Spotted Working on a Paid Subscription Feature, Might Allow Users to Make Unlimited Audience Lists
Instagram is reportedly developing a new paid subscription feature. The upcoming offering is expected to allow users to create unlimited audience lists. The rumoured 'Super Like' feature and the ability to search within the list of story viewers could become part of this new subscription. It could allow users to see a list of followers who don’t ...
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Facebook Is Trying to Bring Back Pokes Playing on the 2010s Nostalgia
Facebook is making it easier to use the Poke feature. The quirky tool, which used to be a sensation in the 2010s, had lost popularity among users towards the end of the last decade. However, in 2025, the Meta-owned platform is planning to bring it back by adding a dedicated Poke button to users’ profile screens.
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Facebook Brings Back "Poke" Feature After Nearly A Decade
Facebook users will now have a special page in the app that shows everyone who has poked them.
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YouTube Exemption From Australian Teen Social Media Ban Opposed by Regulator
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, called on the government to reverse its controversial exemption for YouTube from a social media ban for under-16s. In a blog post, YouTube said Inman Grant’s comments ignored the benefits YouTube offered to school students and teachers.
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WhatsApp, Meta Win Relief as NCLAT Suspends Data Sharing Ban
Meta had challenged the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) directive issued in November that imposed a ban on data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta entities for advertising purposes, warning it may have to roll back some features. Meta also criticised the CCI for not having the "technical expertise" to understand the ramifications of it...
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Meta Will Use Fact Checkers Outside the US ‘For Now’
Meta, which said it will replace third-party fact checkers in the US with a community notes system, will see how the change plays out before deciding about a transition in other regions, Mendelsohn said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Monday.
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As Meta Rolls Back Restrictions, Campaigners Fear Spike In Hate Speech
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the US and adopting a crowd-sourced model to police misinformation.
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Instagram Says Services Back Up After Outage Hits Thousands Globally
Meta-owned Instagram said its services were back online after thousands of users experienced technical issues accessing its platform on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
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Facebook, Instagram Back After Hour-Long Outage In India, Other Countries
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger - platforms managed by Meta - were down for over an hour on Tuesday evening for thousands of users in India and several other countries.
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Threads App Sees Rise in Downloads, Competitor X Falls in Top Downloaded Apps List: Report
Threads was launched by Meta's Instagram in July 2023. Within the first five days of its launch, the application saw 100 million registered users. However, the platform struggled to retain regular users on the text-based app after the initial rush. Threads appear to be gaining its footing back in the game as it saw an increase in the number of new ...
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Married Indian Woman Who Went To Pak To Marry Facebook Friend Returns Home
Anju, the woman from Rajasthan who had gone to Pakistan earlier this year to meet her Facebook friend and eventually married him, is back in India. She entered India through the Attari-Wagha border late last night.
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"She's Dead To Us": Father Of Indian Woman Who Married Pak Friend
The father of Anju, a married Indian woman who travelled to Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and married her Facebook friend there on Tuesday, said she was as good as dead for her family back home.
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Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp Reportedly Restored After Global Outage
Meta's social media apps Instagram and Facebook, messaging app WhatsApp and Twitter-rival Threads were all back up after an hour-long outage affecting thousands of users on Monday, according to Downdetector.com.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Back Up After Global Outage
Meta Platforms said on Friday services on its social media apps Facebook and Instagram were restored, more than two hours after an outage that affected thousands of users.
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Meta Rolls Back Policy to Curb COVID-19 Misinformation on Facebook, Instagram
Meta Platforms said on Friday a policy that was put in place to curb the spread of misinformation related to COVID-19 on Facebook and Instagram would no longer be in effect globally. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter came under immense pressure to tackle misinformation related to the pandemic, including false claims about vaccines...
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Instagram Spotted Working on a Paid Subscription Feature, Might Allow Users to Make Unlimited Audience Lists
Instagram is reportedly developing a new paid subscription feature. The upcoming offering is expected to allow users to create unlimited audience lists. The rumoured 'Super Like' feature and the ability to search within the list of story viewers could become part of this new subscription. It could allow users to see a list of followers who don’t ...
-
Facebook Is Trying to Bring Back Pokes Playing on the 2010s Nostalgia
Facebook is making it easier to use the Poke feature. The quirky tool, which used to be a sensation in the 2010s, had lost popularity among users towards the end of the last decade. However, in 2025, the Meta-owned platform is planning to bring it back by adding a dedicated Poke button to users’ profile screens.
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Facebook Brings Back "Poke" Feature After Nearly A Decade
Facebook users will now have a special page in the app that shows everyone who has poked them.
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YouTube Exemption From Australian Teen Social Media Ban Opposed by Regulator
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, called on the government to reverse its controversial exemption for YouTube from a social media ban for under-16s. In a blog post, YouTube said Inman Grant’s comments ignored the benefits YouTube offered to school students and teachers.
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WhatsApp, Meta Win Relief as NCLAT Suspends Data Sharing Ban
Meta had challenged the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) directive issued in November that imposed a ban on data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta entities for advertising purposes, warning it may have to roll back some features. Meta also criticised the CCI for not having the "technical expertise" to understand the ramifications of it...
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Meta Will Use Fact Checkers Outside the US ‘For Now’
Meta, which said it will replace third-party fact checkers in the US with a community notes system, will see how the change plays out before deciding about a transition in other regions, Mendelsohn said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Monday.
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As Meta Rolls Back Restrictions, Campaigners Fear Spike In Hate Speech
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the US and adopting a crowd-sourced model to police misinformation.
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Instagram Says Services Back Up After Outage Hits Thousands Globally
Meta-owned Instagram said its services were back online after thousands of users experienced technical issues accessing its platform on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
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Facebook, Instagram Back After Hour-Long Outage In India, Other Countries
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger - platforms managed by Meta - were down for over an hour on Tuesday evening for thousands of users in India and several other countries.
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Threads App Sees Rise in Downloads, Competitor X Falls in Top Downloaded Apps List: Report
Threads was launched by Meta's Instagram in July 2023. Within the first five days of its launch, the application saw 100 million registered users. However, the platform struggled to retain regular users on the text-based app after the initial rush. Threads appear to be gaining its footing back in the game as it saw an increase in the number of new ...
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Married Indian Woman Who Went To Pak To Marry Facebook Friend Returns Home
Anju, the woman from Rajasthan who had gone to Pakistan earlier this year to meet her Facebook friend and eventually married him, is back in India. She entered India through the Attari-Wagha border late last night.
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"She's Dead To Us": Father Of Indian Woman Who Married Pak Friend
The father of Anju, a married Indian woman who travelled to Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and married her Facebook friend there on Tuesday, said she was as good as dead for her family back home.
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Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp Reportedly Restored After Global Outage
Meta's social media apps Instagram and Facebook, messaging app WhatsApp and Twitter-rival Threads were all back up after an hour-long outage affecting thousands of users on Monday, according to Downdetector.com.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Back Up After Global Outage
Meta Platforms said on Friday services on its social media apps Facebook and Instagram were restored, more than two hours after an outage that affected thousands of users.
-
Meta Rolls Back Policy to Curb COVID-19 Misinformation on Facebook, Instagram
Meta Platforms said on Friday a policy that was put in place to curb the spread of misinformation related to COVID-19 on Facebook and Instagram would no longer be in effect globally. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter came under immense pressure to tackle misinformation related to the pandemic, including false claims about vaccines...
