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Australian watchdog sues Meta over scam celebrity crypto ads on Facebook
Sydney: The Australian consumer watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Meta, the owner of Facebook, saying that the social network allegedly engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct by publishing scam advertisements…
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Meta locks out people who failed to activate Facebook Protect
New Delhi: Facebook is locking out people who did not activate the ‘Facebook Protect’ programme and the users complain that that company sent a mysterious, spam-like email which they ignored for security…
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Meta sues fake customer engagement service provider
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has filed a lawsuit against Chad Taylor Cowan for providing a fake engagement service directed at Facebook. Cowan operated a website that provided fake reviews and feedback…
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Irish consumer watchdog fines Meta $18.6 million for 12 data breaches
London : Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta, Facebook’s parent company, 17 million euros ($18.6 million) for several data breaches that affected up to 30 million users. The decision followed an…
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NFTs coming to Instagram soon, says Mark Zuckerberg
San Francisco: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will soon arrive on Instagram. Addressing one of the sessions at the South By Southwest event late on Tuesday, Zuckerberg…
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Russia bans Instagram, blocks access for 80 mn users
New Delhi: Russia on Monday blocked Instagram for nearly 80 million users in the country, after its parent company Meta allowed posts with calls for violence against Russian soldiers and President Vladimir…
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Oculus VR fitness data will soon be accessible in Apple Health, iPhone
San Francisco: Meta has announced that Oculus Quest 2 will allow users to send workout data to the Apple Health app and other third-party platforms. Starting in April, Oculus fitness data will…
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EU, UK probing Google and Meta ad tech collusion
London: The European Union and the UK antitrust authorities have launched parallel probes to assess whether an agreement between Google and Meta for online display advertising services may have breached the Union’s…
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Australia’s social media anti-trolling bill raises alarm for Big Tech
Sydney: Big Tech companies like Meta, Twitter and YouTube have decried Australia’s proposed social media anti-trolling bill, stressing that it would put an “unprecedented level” of defamation risk on social media platforms.…
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Russia blocks Facebook, Meta hits back with pausing all ads
New Delhi: In an alarming censorship, Russia has blocked access to Facebook in the country. In response, its parent company Meta has paused all ads in Russia. Meta said that due to…
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Facebook shuts down its college students-only social network ‘Campus’
San Francisco: After less than two years of its launch, Meta-owned Facebook is shutting down its college students-only social network — Campus. Campus users could access a special news feed and join…
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Meta expands ban on Russian state media globally
New Delhi: Meta has expanded a ban on Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik on Facebook and Instagram globally to stop the flow of misinformation as Russian forces make deeper inroads…
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Instagram says it will stop supporting IGTV app
San Francisco: In a bid to make video as simple as possible to discover and create, Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it will no longer be supporting standalone app for…
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Meta purges 14.8 mn pieces of bad content in India in Jan
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) took down over 11.6 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 3.2 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in the…
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Meta takes down network targeting Ukrainians with fake news
New Delhi: Meta has taken down a network for targeting people in Ukraine who posed as news editors, aviation engineers and authors to spread misinformation around the Russian invasion across social media…