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Meta Apps Lose 20 Million Daily Active Users in Last Quarter; Company Reportedly Tweaks Instagram Recommendation Algorithm
Meta has announced that it recorded a “slight decline” in its “Family daily active people (DAP)”, which accounts for the combined daily active users on Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp, in the first quarter of 2026. Meta's DAP in Q1 2026 was at 3.56 billion on average in the quarter March 2026, which was an increase of about 4 p...
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WhatsApp Now Lets Beta Testers Add a Link to Their Facebook Profile
WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature in its Android beta that lets users add their Facebook profile links to their WhatsApp info page. The link can be verified through the Accounts Centre or left unverified, and adding it is optional. Users can control who sees the link via privacy settings, sharing it with everyone, contacts, specific people, or ...
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Meta AI Chatbot Is Finally Rolling Out to India, Will Be Powered By Llama 3 AI Model
Meta AI, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot by the company, has started rolling out to India. The chatbot will be available across all the Meta-owned platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, as well as the meta.ai website. The chatbot is powered by the company’s in-house Llama 3 large language model (LLM) which was la...
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Meta Collaborates With PTI to Expand Its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme in India
Meta has joined hands with the Press Trust of India (PTI) to mitigate viral misinformation on its platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads. As a part of the collaboration, PTI will become an independent fact-checker for the company and help in identifying, reviewing, and rating misinformation. With this move, Meta now has part...
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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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Meta to Announce Companywide Layoffs Across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp: Details
Meta has notified managers to prepare to announce job cuts on Wednesday, according to a company memo. The Facebook parent is set to lay off employees across divisions such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs. The firm previously slashed about 13 percent of its workforce, or about 11,000 jobs, last year.
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Meta's Vice President of Business Messaging Departs Amid 'Year of Efficiency', Pruning of Projects
Meta's Vice President of Business Messaging, Dan Levy, will leave the company in May, the company has confirmed. The senior executive's business messaging project was flagged by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for growth potential, even though he was replaced last year as overall head of ad and business products. The company says business messaging will r...
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Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website
Microsoft was fined EUR 60 million (roughly Rs. 530 crore) by the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) for forcing advertising cookies on users on its Bing website. The French regulator said Microsoft's search engine Bing did not allow users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.
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Apple, Microsoft Accused of Not Doing Enough to Stop Child Exploitation by Australian Regulator
Australia's e-Safety Commissioner, the country's regulator set up to protect Internet users, has accused Microsoft and Apple of not doing enough to protect children from online abuse. In a report, the regulator said that Apple and Microsoft did not proactively screen for child abuse material on iCloud and OneDrive, and did not use any technology to...
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Instagram Crosses 2 Billion Monthly Active Users, Over 2 Billion Using WhatsApp Daily, Meta Says
Instagram has crossed the 2 billion monthly active users mark, the company announced on Wednesday. The company's Facebook service has 2.96 billion users while more than 2 billion people now use WhatsApp. Meta’s total monthly users for its family of apps number 3.71 billion worldwide, according to the company.
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India 'Most Significant' Country for New Features Across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Top Executive Says
India is the "most significant" country for Meta across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Manish Chopra, Director and Head of Partnerships for Facebook India (Meta) said on Tuesday. Chopra also said that the tech conglomerate takes constant measures to rein in the menace of fake profiles and the spread of misinformation on Meta's platforms.
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Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Could Soon Offer Paid Features
Meta is reportedly forming a group to identify and build possible paid features for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The new division reportedly called "New Monetization Experiences" will be led by Meta's former head of research Pratiti RayChoudhury.
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Unable to Move Forward in Probe Against WhatsApp, Facebook: CCI Tells Delhi High Court
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) told the Delhi High Court that it was not able “move an inch” in its investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy of 2021 on account of a court order granting time to Facebook and the instant messaging platform for filing replies in connection with the probe.
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'Can't Move An Inch': Anti-Trust Body On Probe Into WhatsApp, Facebook
Competition Commission of India (CCI) Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it was not able "move an inch" in its investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy of 2021 on account of a court order granting time to Facebook.
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Meta Apps Lose 20 Million Daily Active Users in Last Quarter; Company Reportedly Tweaks Instagram Recommendation Algorithm
Meta has announced that it recorded a “slight decline” in its “Family daily active people (DAP)”, which accounts for the combined daily active users on Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp, in the first quarter of 2026. Meta's DAP in Q1 2026 was at 3.56 billion on average in the quarter March 2026, which was an increase of about 4 p...
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WhatsApp Now Lets Beta Testers Add a Link to Their Facebook Profile
WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature in its Android beta that lets users add their Facebook profile links to their WhatsApp info page. The link can be verified through the Accounts Centre or left unverified, and adding it is optional. Users can control who sees the link via privacy settings, sharing it with everyone, contacts, specific people, or ...
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Meta AI Chatbot Is Finally Rolling Out to India, Will Be Powered By Llama 3 AI Model
Meta AI, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot by the company, has started rolling out to India. The chatbot will be available across all the Meta-owned platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, as well as the meta.ai website. The chatbot is powered by the company’s in-house Llama 3 large language model (LLM) which was la...
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Meta Collaborates With PTI to Expand Its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme in India
Meta has joined hands with the Press Trust of India (PTI) to mitigate viral misinformation on its platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads. As a part of the collaboration, PTI will become an independent fact-checker for the company and help in identifying, reviewing, and rating misinformation. With this move, Meta now has part...
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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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Meta to Announce Companywide Layoffs Across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp: Details
Meta has notified managers to prepare to announce job cuts on Wednesday, according to a company memo. The Facebook parent is set to lay off employees across divisions such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs. The firm previously slashed about 13 percent of its workforce, or about 11,000 jobs, last year.
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Meta's Vice President of Business Messaging Departs Amid 'Year of Efficiency', Pruning of Projects
Meta's Vice President of Business Messaging, Dan Levy, will leave the company in May, the company has confirmed. The senior executive's business messaging project was flagged by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for growth potential, even though he was replaced last year as overall head of ad and business products. The company says business messaging will r...
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Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website
Microsoft was fined EUR 60 million (roughly Rs. 530 crore) by the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) for forcing advertising cookies on users on its Bing website. The French regulator said Microsoft's search engine Bing did not allow users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.
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Apple, Microsoft Accused of Not Doing Enough to Stop Child Exploitation by Australian Regulator
Australia's e-Safety Commissioner, the country's regulator set up to protect Internet users, has accused Microsoft and Apple of not doing enough to protect children from online abuse. In a report, the regulator said that Apple and Microsoft did not proactively screen for child abuse material on iCloud and OneDrive, and did not use any technology to...
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Instagram Crosses 2 Billion Monthly Active Users, Over 2 Billion Using WhatsApp Daily, Meta Says
Instagram has crossed the 2 billion monthly active users mark, the company announced on Wednesday. The company's Facebook service has 2.96 billion users while more than 2 billion people now use WhatsApp. Meta’s total monthly users for its family of apps number 3.71 billion worldwide, according to the company.
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India 'Most Significant' Country for New Features Across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Top Executive Says
India is the "most significant" country for Meta across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Manish Chopra, Director and Head of Partnerships for Facebook India (Meta) said on Tuesday. Chopra also said that the tech conglomerate takes constant measures to rein in the menace of fake profiles and the spread of misinformation on Meta's platforms.
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Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Could Soon Offer Paid Features
Meta is reportedly forming a group to identify and build possible paid features for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The new division reportedly called "New Monetization Experiences" will be led by Meta's former head of research Pratiti RayChoudhury.
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Unable to Move Forward in Probe Against WhatsApp, Facebook: CCI Tells Delhi High Court
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) told the Delhi High Court that it was not able “move an inch” in its investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy of 2021 on account of a court order granting time to Facebook and the instant messaging platform for filing replies in connection with the probe.
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'Can't Move An Inch': Anti-Trust Body On Probe Into WhatsApp, Facebook
Competition Commission of India (CCI) Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it was not able "move an inch" in its investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy of 2021 on account of a court order granting time to Facebook.
