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Facebook hires Republican strategy firm to campaign against TikTok: Report

Eleven years ago, Facebook was caught red-handed after it hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticising Google's privacy practices in leading news outlets.

LTTS forays into Meta world, to carve out business unit for Metaverse

Amit Chadha, who completes a year at the helm of the company, last year had called out six big bets and changed the narrative of the company's focus

Meta to launch several Slack-like functionalities on Messenger

Meta is adding a new "@everyone" functionality that will notify all participants in a chat about a new message.

Instagram tests new feature to support social movements through hashtags

The company said it is testing a new feature to help people discover social movements happening in the world and on Instagram, as well as ways to take action.

WhatsApp to increase maximum file transfer size to 2 GB: Report

Meta-owned encrypted messaging service WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to share bigger-sized files and media with others over their platform.

Elon Musk giving 'serious thought' to build a new social media platform

Musk, a prolific user of Twitter himself, has been critical of the social media platform and its policies of late

New rules for US tech giants to come into force in October: EU's Vestager

Tough new rules targeting US tech giants agreed late on Thursday are expected to come into force in October, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said

Meta inks partnership with VNTANA for 3D ads in step towards the metaverse

Meta previously partnered with augmented reality (AR) companies Modiface and PerfectCorp to help beauty and cosmetic brands more easily run 3D and AR advertising

EU reaches agreement on rules to rein in Google, Meta, other tech giants

EU countries and lawmakers have reached an agreement on an unprecedented law to curb the market dominance of the biggest tech companies such as Alphabet's Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple

3D ads come to Facebook, Instagram in step toward the metaverse

In the meantime, brands in the beauty, fashion and furniture industries are working to transition from 2D to 3D representations of their products

Meta appoints Saugato Bhowmik as new India head for auto, D2C vertical

Meta on Thursday announced the appointment of Saugato Bhowmik as the Director of CPG, Auto and D2C industry vertical in India to lead the strategy and solutioning

Meta-owned WhatsApp starts rolling out multi-device support to all users

Meta-owned encrypted messaging service WhatsApp has started rolling out the much-awaited multi-device support for all users.

Instagram users can now control their feed with Favourites, Following

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram on Wednesday said it is introducing two new ways -- Favourites and Following -- to choose what users see in their feed

'Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya Muslims

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority

Ukraine war: Russia bans Instagram, Facebook under 'extremism' law

A Russian court on Monday ruled to ban Instagram and Facebook in the country, labelling its parent company Meta as extremist, according to a media report.

Ukraine crisis: Russia bans Instagram, Facebook under 'extremism' law

Earlier, the Kremlin had threatened to ban Facebook and Instagram after its posts called for violence against Russia

Russia finds Meta guilty of 'extremist activity', says WhatsApp can stay

Russia banned Facebook for restricting access to Russian media while Instagram was blocked after Meta said it would allow social media users in Ukraine to post messages urging violence against Putin

Global Facebook interest declines about 90% in last 10 years: Report

There has been an 87 per cent decline in the search volume for the term Facebook in the last decade, media reports said.

Australia to make Big Tech hand over data on misinformation

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will also be able to enforce an internet industry code on uncooperative platforms, the federal government said on Monday

Australian watchdog sues Meta over scam celebrity crypto ads on FB

The Australian consumer watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Meta, saying that the social network allegedly engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct by publishing scam advertisements