Tag: Facebook

Facebook India, a raising concern over spread of hate online

Posted on By Mohammad Ariff

Content espousing hate surged in India around key events from elections, Covid and protests against the CAA, Facebook’s internal documents. The documents reveal how despite the spike in inflammatory and anti-minority content in India, Facebook’s senior officials downplayed the threats. Revelations are raising the question of whether they did enough to combat it. A document…

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Facebook plans to help creators avoid App Store fees

Posted on By Mohammad Ariff

Facebook is rolling out another bonus program as it tries to bring more creators into its platform. The company is focusing on subscriptions, which it says will help creators avoid Apple’s 30 percent commission on in-app purchases. The social network is launching a web form for subscriptions, so individual makers can direct fans to subscribe…

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WhatsApp stops service on some phones from November 1

Posted on By Mohammad Ariff

WhatsApp will no longer support a list of Android devices starting Monday, November 1. As a result of the update, affected users will lose all their chats if they have not yet been backed up and exported. WhatsApp has also recommended the users to switch to a supported device to continue to use its instant…

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Facebook Whistleblower to testify before US Congress

Posted on By Mohammad Ariff

Frances Haugen, 37, Facebook whistleblower said the thousands of documents she had collected and shared with the Wall Street Journal. And even with US law enforcement showed the company was lying to the public that it was making significant progress against hate, violence and misinformation. In an interview with a news program on Sunday, the…

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Donald Trump sues to get his Twitter Account back

Posted on By Mohammad Ariff

Former US President Donald Trump is filing a lawsuit against Twitter seeking access to his account. Twitter permanently put a ban on Trump’s account on Jan. 9 “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” after his tweet about the attacks on the US Capitol. Facebook issued Donald Trump a two-year suspension from its…

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Zuckerberg loses USD 7 billion in hours after WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram suffer global outage

Posted on By Anandarupa De

Zuckerberg loses wealth- Social media giant Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth went down . He lost nearly USD 7 billion in a few hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram suffered a global outage on Monday. Dip in wealth. According to a Bloomberg report, Zuckerberg also slipped to the 5th spot in the billionaires’ list…

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