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Hike Founder Reveals Why The Instant Messaging App Failed: 'We Shut it Down...'
Kavin Bharti Mittal launched Hike in 2012 as a made-in-India messenger app to take on the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
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Asha Bhosle's Son Shuts Down Death Rumours About The Legendary Singer: "It Is Untrue"
The Internet was shocked when a Facebook post by a user named Shabana Shaikh surfaced online, addressing Asha Bhosle's death
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EU Presses Meta On Transparency Plans After Scraping Disinformation Tracker
The EU on Friday formally requested that Meta detail steps it is taking on transparency after the Facebook and Instagram owner scrapped a widely-used tool for tracking disinformation online.
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Meta Just Shut A Vital Online Tool. It's Bad News For Fight Against Misinformation
For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online.
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"Grave Step Backwards": Meta Shuts Down Misinformation Monitoring Tool In Poll Year
A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation.
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Facebook Will Be Shut Down, Karnataka High Court Warns Over Investigation: Report
The High Court of Karnataka has orally warned Facebook (Meta) that it may order its operations in India to be shut down if it does not cooperate with police investigation over a fake profile.
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Facebook Parent Meta Plans Additional Layoffs in Coming Weeks: Report
Facebook parent Meta Platforms is planning additional layoffs to be announced in multiple rounds over the next few months, which could match the 13 percent job cut tally from last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Meta let go of 11,000 employees four months ago and would be the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of ma...
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No Intention of Shutting Facebook Down, Kenyan Ministers Say After Watchdog’s Ultimatum Over Hate Speech
Facebook received support from Kenyan ministers after the country’s watchdog, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) accused the service of failing to tackle hate speech and incitement on the platform ahead of the national elections and gave it 7 days to comply with rules on hate speech. Kenya’s ICT minister Joe Mucheru said th...
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Facebook to Shut Down Podcast Platform in Less Than a Year of Its Launch
Facebook is also shuttering Soundbites and Audio hubs, while Live Audio Rooms is being integrated into its broader Facebook Live suite, says the report.
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Sunbathing Crocodile Shuts Down Runway At US Navy Airfield in Florida
The US Naval Air Station (NAS) in Key West, Florida, was forced to shut down when a largely fair crocodile refused to leave the runway. Taking to Facebook, the NAS posted a photo of the seven-foot reptile on Monday.
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Hike Founder Reveals Why The Instant Messaging App Failed: 'We Shut it Down...'
Kavin Bharti Mittal launched Hike in 2012 as a made-in-India messenger app to take on the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
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Asha Bhosle's Son Shuts Down Death Rumours About The Legendary Singer: "It Is Untrue"
The Internet was shocked when a Facebook post by a user named Shabana Shaikh surfaced online, addressing Asha Bhosle's death
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EU Presses Meta On Transparency Plans After Scraping Disinformation Tracker
The EU on Friday formally requested that Meta detail steps it is taking on transparency after the Facebook and Instagram owner scrapped a widely-used tool for tracking disinformation online.
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Meta Just Shut A Vital Online Tool. It's Bad News For Fight Against Misinformation
For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online.
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"Grave Step Backwards": Meta Shuts Down Misinformation Monitoring Tool In Poll Year
A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation.
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Facebook Will Be Shut Down, Karnataka High Court Warns Over Investigation: Report
The High Court of Karnataka has orally warned Facebook (Meta) that it may order its operations in India to be shut down if it does not cooperate with police investigation over a fake profile.
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Facebook Parent Meta Plans Additional Layoffs in Coming Weeks: Report
Facebook parent Meta Platforms is planning additional layoffs to be announced in multiple rounds over the next few months, which could match the 13 percent job cut tally from last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Meta let go of 11,000 employees four months ago and would be the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of ma...
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No Intention of Shutting Facebook Down, Kenyan Ministers Say After Watchdog’s Ultimatum Over Hate Speech
Facebook received support from Kenyan ministers after the country’s watchdog, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) accused the service of failing to tackle hate speech and incitement on the platform ahead of the national elections and gave it 7 days to comply with rules on hate speech. Kenya’s ICT minister Joe Mucheru said th...
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Facebook to Shut Down Podcast Platform in Less Than a Year of Its Launch
Facebook is also shuttering Soundbites and Audio hubs, while Live Audio Rooms is being integrated into its broader Facebook Live suite, says the report.
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Sunbathing Crocodile Shuts Down Runway At US Navy Airfield in Florida
The US Naval Air Station (NAS) in Key West, Florida, was forced to shut down when a largely fair crocodile refused to leave the runway. Taking to Facebook, the NAS posted a photo of the seven-foot reptile on Monday.
