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The story so far: Australia has announced a plan to offer social media users greater control over their feed by providing them a choice to opt out of algorithm-driven feed. Part of the country’s push for greater online safety norms, the plan ensures that Australian users have more choice on what they see online. The…
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Social media and video networks — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube — have overtaken news organisations’ own websites and apps as the most widely used means of accessing news. | Photo Credit: Reuters Trust in news is at its lowest level globally since 2015, as interest in news dwindles; at the same time, more people…
A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday (March 24, 2026) that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms, a verdict that signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government’s willingness to crack down. The landmark decision comes after a nearly seven-week…
Los Angeles: DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper known for his hits ‘Walk It Out’ and ‘2 Step,’ has died at the age of 43. The news of his death was confirmed by his family members and his former label, Big Oomp Records. Born Anthony Platt, Unk was a key figure in snap music, a subgenre…
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Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced big changes in how the company addresses misinformation across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instead of relying on independent third-party factcheckers, Meta will now emulate Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) in using “community notes”. These crowdsourced contributions allow users to flag content they believe is questionable. Zuckerberg claimed…
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The photo shows Donald Trump raising his fist after an assassination attempt. Facebook has acknowledged that it mistakenly identified a widely shared image of Donald Trump as “altered.” Facebook’s algorithms detected the image, which depicts Trump raising his fist in the air following an assassination attempt, and labelled it as possibly deceptive. Platform X users…
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San Francisco: Meta said Friday it was lifting restrictions on US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, ending measures put in place after his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol in 2021. It said that “former President Trump, as the nominee of the Republican Party, will no longer be subject to the heightened…
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Meta shared the data in its monthly report. (representational) New Delhi: Meta said that it took down over 11.6 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.4 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in April. In April, Facebook received 17,124 reports through the…
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Representational Image Tokyo: Four scam victims in Japan sued Facebook on Thursday after being hoodwinked by fraudulent online investment ads that used images of celebrities without their consent, their lawyer said. Online hoaxes posted on Facebook and other social media channels in Japan led to 27.8 billion yen ($178 million) in losses last year, according…
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The story so far: In a comprehensive slew of measures to ensure “contestable and fair markets in the digital sector” in line with the provisions of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission on March 25 initiated ‘non-compliance investigations’ against Apple, Meta and Google’s parent Alphabet. It will also investigate Amazon’s ranking practices on…