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Social Media Using You For Marketing Test Without Consent? Shocking Revelation Made By New Study
Social media platforms like Facebook are using AI-driven algorithms to manipulate users' feeds, making it impossible to know what information is being shown or hidden, and potentially excluding certain groups from important messages.
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Canadian Publishers Ask Antitrust Regulator to Investigate Meta’s Decision to Block News Access
Canadian news industry groups on Tuesday asked the country's antitrust regulator to investigate Meta Platforms' decision to block news on its platforms in the country, accusing the Facebook parent of abusing its dominant position.
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Chaos In Twitter Leaves Door Open For Launch Of Rival Meta App 'Threads'
Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he is facing a new challenge as tech nemesis Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week.
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Meta Brings Support for Emoji Reactions, Backgrounds to End-to-End Encrypted Messenger Chats: All Details
Meta has announced that new features are coming to the Messenger app for encrypted conversations. The list of new features includes personalised chat themes, customised chat emojis and reactions, group profile photos, and more for end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chats. Chats with E2EE enabled by default is a feature that is currently under testing and ...
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Meta Fined $5.9 Million by Irish Regulators for WhatsApp Data Protection Breach
Irish regulatory body has fined Meta an additional EUR 5.5 million (roughly Rs. 47.8 crore) for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp. In its new decision, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group acted "in breach of its obligations in relation to transparency," the watchdog said in ...
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Instagram Introduces Candid Stories, 'Add Yours' Nominations, Notes and More: All Details
Instagram introduced several new features making it easier for users to connect with their friends and followers. The Meta-owned photo sharing app has rolled out Notes, candid stories, Group profiles, Collaborative Collections and more. Notes will let users create a short post of up to 60 characters by using text and emojis.
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Google, Facebook, Big Tech Should Pay for Network Costs, Suggest EU Telcos
Telecom operators are pushing the European Union to implement new laws that would make Big Tech pay for network costs, following Australia's example, according to four sources close to the matter. The latest proposal, which hasn't been reported, is being discussed within the telecoms lobby group GSMA, an association that represents more than 750 mo...
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Facebook Groups Gets New Feature That Lets Admins Remove Misinformation With Ease
Facebook on Thursday added a method for people running groups to automatically sift out claims that have been debunked since being posted. The ability for group administrators to send misinformation to a "quarantine queue" comes ahead of midterm elections in the United States and as Facebook-parent Meta continues to fend off critics who say it does...
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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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Facebook Fails Third Test to Detect Violent Hate Speech in Kenya, Other Countries: Report
Facebook has failed another test to detect hate speech in Kenya and other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. The ads were never posted to Facebook. Meanwhile, Meta has assured that it has been working to improve the issues.
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Facebook's New Feeds Tab Will Display Posts From Friends, Groups in Chronological Order
Facebook parent Meta Platforms is revamping the main feed on its Facebook app to prioritise "discovery" of new content, instead of posts from accounts users follow, in a bid to style its apps after short-form video competitor TikTok. 'Home', Facebook's main news feed tab that users will see when they open the app, will start heavily featuring popul...
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Facebook Testing New Features For Groups With Discord-Like Audio Channels: Details
Meta-owned Facebook is testing new features for its groups. One of these features includes a new sidebar that will help the users to find their favourite groups more quickly on the platform.
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Facebook Fails to Spot Hate Posts Aimed at East Africa Amid Kenya’s Upcoming Elections: Study
Facebook has been once again found amid discussion about the platform promoting hate speech, violence. According to aa new study, Facebook allowed posts by terrorist organisations that suggested to create uproar in East Africa in the light of Kenya’s upcoming elections.
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WhatsApp May Soon Get Polls for Group Chats: This Is How It May Look Like
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a group polls feature that allows participants to add a new poll to a group. The functionality, which is still in development, allows users to add different alternatives to a poll. The feature is reportedly not made available for beta testing yet.
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Facebook Messenger Adds Support for Shortcuts, Allowing Users to Send Silent Messages, GIFs, More
Facebook Messenger has introduced Shortcuts, a new set of features that allow users to issue one-word commands to quickly perform tasks on Messenger. Users can quickly notify all users in a group or message a friend or group silently without notifying them. Messenger users on iOS will soon be able to send GIFs using commands, along with shrug and t...
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Social Media Using You For Marketing Test Without Consent? Shocking Revelation Made By New Study
Social media platforms like Facebook are using AI-driven algorithms to manipulate users' feeds, making it impossible to know what information is being shown or hidden, and potentially excluding certain groups from important messages.
-
Canadian Publishers Ask Antitrust Regulator to Investigate Meta’s Decision to Block News Access
Canadian news industry groups on Tuesday asked the country's antitrust regulator to investigate Meta Platforms' decision to block news on its platforms in the country, accusing the Facebook parent of abusing its dominant position.
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Chaos In Twitter Leaves Door Open For Launch Of Rival Meta App 'Threads'
Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he is facing a new challenge as tech nemesis Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week.
-
Meta Brings Support for Emoji Reactions, Backgrounds to End-to-End Encrypted Messenger Chats: All Details
Meta has announced that new features are coming to the Messenger app for encrypted conversations. The list of new features includes personalised chat themes, customised chat emojis and reactions, group profile photos, and more for end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chats. Chats with E2EE enabled by default is a feature that is currently under testing and ...
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Meta Fined $5.9 Million by Irish Regulators for WhatsApp Data Protection Breach
Irish regulatory body has fined Meta an additional EUR 5.5 million (roughly Rs. 47.8 crore) for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp. In its new decision, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group acted "in breach of its obligations in relation to transparency," the watchdog said in ...
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Instagram Introduces Candid Stories, 'Add Yours' Nominations, Notes and More: All Details
Instagram introduced several new features making it easier for users to connect with their friends and followers. The Meta-owned photo sharing app has rolled out Notes, candid stories, Group profiles, Collaborative Collections and more. Notes will let users create a short post of up to 60 characters by using text and emojis.
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Google, Facebook, Big Tech Should Pay for Network Costs, Suggest EU Telcos
Telecom operators are pushing the European Union to implement new laws that would make Big Tech pay for network costs, following Australia's example, according to four sources close to the matter. The latest proposal, which hasn't been reported, is being discussed within the telecoms lobby group GSMA, an association that represents more than 750 mo...
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Facebook Groups Gets New Feature That Lets Admins Remove Misinformation With Ease
Facebook on Thursday added a method for people running groups to automatically sift out claims that have been debunked since being posted. The ability for group administrators to send misinformation to a "quarantine queue" comes ahead of midterm elections in the United States and as Facebook-parent Meta continues to fend off critics who say it does...
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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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Facebook Fails Third Test to Detect Violent Hate Speech in Kenya, Other Countries: Report
Facebook has failed another test to detect hate speech in Kenya and other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. The ads were never posted to Facebook. Meanwhile, Meta has assured that it has been working to improve the issues.
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Facebook's New Feeds Tab Will Display Posts From Friends, Groups in Chronological Order
Facebook parent Meta Platforms is revamping the main feed on its Facebook app to prioritise "discovery" of new content, instead of posts from accounts users follow, in a bid to style its apps after short-form video competitor TikTok. 'Home', Facebook's main news feed tab that users will see when they open the app, will start heavily featuring popul...
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Facebook Testing New Features For Groups With Discord-Like Audio Channels: Details
Meta-owned Facebook is testing new features for its groups. One of these features includes a new sidebar that will help the users to find their favourite groups more quickly on the platform.
-
Facebook Fails to Spot Hate Posts Aimed at East Africa Amid Kenya’s Upcoming Elections: Study
Facebook has been once again found amid discussion about the platform promoting hate speech, violence. According to aa new study, Facebook allowed posts by terrorist organisations that suggested to create uproar in East Africa in the light of Kenya’s upcoming elections.
-
WhatsApp May Soon Get Polls for Group Chats: This Is How It May Look Like
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a group polls feature that allows participants to add a new poll to a group. The functionality, which is still in development, allows users to add different alternatives to a poll. The feature is reportedly not made available for beta testing yet.
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Facebook Messenger Adds Support for Shortcuts, Allowing Users to Send Silent Messages, GIFs, More
Facebook Messenger has introduced Shortcuts, a new set of features that allow users to issue one-word commands to quickly perform tasks on Messenger. Users can quickly notify all users in a group or message a friend or group silently without notifying them. Messenger users on iOS will soon be able to send GIFs using commands, along with shrug and t...
