Facebook parent company Meta declared that they would ban all the sensitive ads targeting race, political affiliation, sexual orientation, health, or religion from January 19th. Even though these targeted ads are the center of the company’s business, meta is looking forward to banning these ads after facing certain criticism. Facebook already faced so many lawsuits …
As mentioned earlier, Instagram implemented in-app purchases through “Instagram Subscriptions” in its US app. As per the reports (TechCrunch), Instagram started these in-app purchases from the last few days, i.e., from November 3. These subscriptions range from $0.99 to $4.99, and the prices are assigned as per the Instagram Badges options. This meta-owned network can …
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On Tuesday, Twitter posted a tweet that says, “As of today, we’re removing the option to invite guests when you go live so that we can improve your video broadcast quality. Your viewers can still interact with you through chats and hearts.” This small change in its feature will surely impact some of the users …
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The services of online messaging applications like Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram got disrupted for six hours on Monday. This worst outage affected billions of people socially and financially. These apps are widely used, and the halt affected many online users who are greatly dependent on these services. Along with this, the company’s stock declined by …
A 6-Hour Global Outage Shakes Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram Read More »
A Facebook data scientist, Frances Haugen, exposed the social media giant for amplifying hate speech and misinformation to gain profits on the CBS television program “60 minutes”. On Sunday, she revealed her identity on national television and has filed eight complaints with the US Securities and Exchange Commission against Facebook. Her attorney John Tye, the …
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Facebook finally agrees on Monday to allow the Australian users to view and share news on their feed after the government changes the “drafted law.” Recently, there was a huge dispute between Facebook and the Australian government due to a bill made by the government. As per the “drafted bill,” Facebook and Google will have …
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Snapchat is introducing a new feature called “Friend Check-Up” to remind you that your friend list consists of only “friends” and not strangers. The app is known for its extreme safety and has been appreciated a lot for this. With the new feature, the app ensures that the users only have their close friends on …
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It looks like the US Capitol siege late on Wednesday afternoon has taken the entire country by storm. After the violence erupted, Donald Trump’s accounts within Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram were blocked with immediate effect. At the same time, the US diplomats were prohibited from publishing anything on social media by the State Department. Trump’s …
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Back in December, reports revealed that Twitter had started exploring and digging deeper into its newly featured live audio functionality called Spaces. The idea behind incorporating such a feature within the platform was to enable a voice interaction between a user and his/her followers. The person or the host who creates a ‘Space’ or an …
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Google is presently at the centre of a storm after it sacked one of its researchers during the first week of December. The researcher, Dr Timnit Gebru, was co-leading the Ethical AI group, who sent an email to her juniors, reflecting how biased the environment was within the AI team. Reuters has now reported that …
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Back in October, before the US Presidential elections were scheduled, Twitter had brought about a change within its retweet functionality wherein one was expected to quote the tweet before retweeting anything. The intention here was that Twitter wanted its users to ponder over and give some thought before going about retweeting a quote. The social …
No more Quote-Tweet option in Twitter, Original Retweeting is back Now Read More »
A few months ago, Twitter had started marking those tweets specifically that contained incorrect information related to the 2020 Presidential Elections. The feature persists on the platform, and anyone posting or quoting any deceptive tweets would be notified or warned upon. Now, in what can be stated as an extension of this feature, Twitter would …
