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Meta Removes Restrictions on Trump’s Facebook, Instagram Accounts

Meta said Friday it was lifting restrictions on US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, ending measures put…

4 months ago

Social Media Outage Leaves Millions Logged Out on Facebook, Instagram

In a widespread disruption on Tuesday around 3:30 pm, users across Facebook and Instagram found themselves abruptly logged out of…

8 months ago

Within hours of launch, Twitter rival, Threads crosses 10million users

More than 10 million people have signed up to Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of…

1 year ago

Meta Reaches $37.5 Million Settlement of Facebook Location Tracking Lawsuit

Meta Platforms Inc. reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users’ privacy…

2 years ago

Russia fines facebook, twitter over banned content

Russia fined Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday for not deleting banned content, adding to a slew of penalties the government…

3 years ago

TikTok ramps up privacy protection for teens

  TikTok became the latest tech company Thursday to announce tighter protections for teenagers as social media platforms come under…

3 years ago

TikTok tops Facebook as most downloaded App of 2020

TikTok was the world’s most downloaded app last year, overtaking Facebook and its messaging platforms, market tracker App Annie said Tuesday.…

3 years ago

WhatsApp to let users send messages without their phones

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced the launch of a trial aimed at freeing its users from smartphones. In a…

3 years ago

$1bn to be spent boosting creators – Says Facebook

Facebook chief , Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday disclosed  that the internet titan will invest  $1 billion into programs for creators…

3 years ago

Facebook tests alerting users to extremist posts

A Facebook test of pop-up boxes asking people whether they think friends are becoming extremists raised concerns Friday among US conservatives who…

3 years ago