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Meta purges 33.7 mn pieces of bad content in India in September
New Delhi: As the Centre notified amendments in new IT Rules, 2021 to put more obligations on social media platforms, Meta has said that it took down over 30.7 million pieces of…
- India
Homes of The Wire’s editors raided following BJP’s Amit Malviya’s complaint
The homes of editors of news website ‘The Wire’ were searched by the Delhi Police on Monday based on a complaint by BJP’s Amit Malviya. Electronic devices of Siddharth Varadarajan and MK…
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‘Configuration change’ behind global Instagram outage: Meta
San Francisco: Meta has announced that ‘Configuration change’ was the reason behind the global Instagram outage. The company said that it has fixed the issue that briefly made Instagram and Facebook inaccessible…
- India
Govt to set up panels to hear appeals against social media platforms
New Delhi: Grievance redressal panels would soon be set up by government to hear users’ appeals against content moderation decisions taken by social media entities like Meta and Twitter. In a gazette…
- India
‘Left with no other option’, Amit Malviya on his decision to sue ‘The Wire’
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT cell head Amit Malviya who had said that he will file a case against news and opinion website ‘The Wire’ claiming that the media outlet…
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Subjected to ‘deception’ by staff member on Meta investigation team: The Wire
New Delhi: The Wire publication which earlier retracted stories it published against Metas content moderation policies, has further said that it was subjected to “deception” by one of the members of its…
- India
BJP’s Amit Malviya to file criminal, civil proceedings against The Wire
New Delhi: BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya on Thursday said he will file criminal and civil proceedings against ‘The Wire’, as he accused the news portal of using “forged documents with…
- Technology
Meta to release consumer-grade VR headset next year
San Francisco: Meta has announced plans to launch another consumer-grade virtual reality headset next year. At the company’s earnings call late on Wednesday, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the…
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Meta logs another revenue decline amid concerns over metaverse plans
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has posted another quarterly revenue decline as investors begin to lose faith in its loss-making, billion-dollars metaverse dream. In the third quarter (Q3), Meta’s revenue declined 4…
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Turkey fines Meta $18.63 mn for violating competition law
Ankara: Turkey’s Competition Authority announced on Wednesday that it has fined Meta Platforms Inc. 346.72 million liras ($18.63 million) for violating competition law. The company merged the data collected from its three…
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Apple gives Meta another jolt, puts 30% tax on ‘post boosting’ on App Store
San Francisco: Apple-Meta war over App Store has intensified with new updates that require iOS developers to give Apple 30 per cent cut on the sales of ‘boosts’ for posts in a…
- India
The Wire retracts investigative articles on Meta, Instagram
Online news publication The Wire announced on its website that it would retract all recent investigative articles about social media giant Meta (previously known as Facebook) and Instagram (which the company owns)…
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Facebook introduces new features, including Reels for Groups
San Francisco: Meta-owned Facebook has announced that it is rolling out more options for people to connect over shared interests, including Reels in Facebook Groups and updates to Group profiles. The company…
- Business
Meta’s corporate development head to step down after 12 years
San Francisco: Meta’s top executive Amin Zoufonoun, who led Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, has confirmed that he is leaving the tech giant after 12 years. In a Facebook post,…
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The Wire removes ‘XCheck’-Meta articles, sets up internal review
Online media publication The Wire on Tuesday night put out another statement stating it will set up an internal review of all documents and source materials used for its latest Instagram-Meta expose…