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- Technology
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)…
- Technology
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,…
- India
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…
- Technology
Meta starts anti-iMessage ad campaign to promote Whatsapp
San Francisco: Meta has launched a new advertisement campaign to target Apple’s iMessage platform. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, revealed the campaign in which Apple is criticised for only…
- Business
Meta surpasses $2 bn revenue mark in India
New Delhi: Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, surpassed $2 billion in revenue in India in FY22, which has become a strategic market for the US company. The social network…
- India
We are not prepared to play this game any further: The Wire
Online news publication The Wire released a statement on Monday putting a full stop to the ongoing exchange of words with the social media giant Meta (formerly known as Facebook) over one…
- Technology
Instagram video shared by The Wire set up to manufacture evidence: Meta
San Francisco: Meta said on Sunday that the video shared by The Wire, which purportedly shows an internal Instagram system, appears to have been “set up specifically in order to manufacture evidence…
- India
Gmail, Twitter accounts of The Wire’s employee hacked after Meta expose
Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of online news publication The Wire, tweeted on Sunday that one of his employee’s Gmail and Twitter accounts has been hacked. The employee was involved in the research…
- India
Meta vs The Wire: Publication defends Instagram expose on BJP
The tussle between social media giant Meta (Facebook) and online Indian news publication The Wire heightened as the latter defended its article that questioned Metas’s secret XCheck programme that was published last…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Meta holds ‘Creator Day’, launches AR program for creators
Hyderabad: Meta (formerly Facebook) on Saturday organized its first ‘Creator Day’ in Hyderabad. The event was an opportunity to launch a unique program for creators, where they will work with Meta to…
- Technology
Meta to shut ‘Instant Articles’ format on FB in early 2023
San Francisco: Meta will end support for its ‘Instant Articles’ format on the Facebook platform next year, as the company moves away from its news-related products and focus on TikTok-like offerings. According…
- India
SC dismisses pleas challenging CCI probe into WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of…
- India
Meta takes on The Wire again, rejects false allegations in its reports
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has taken on The Wire publication again, saying that while it is legitimate for them to be held accountable for their content decisions, “the allegations made by…
