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Mark Zuckerberg sued in US over Cambridge Analytica data scam: Report

Cambridge Analytica was hired by then-candidate Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton

Meta Cloud hosting services now available for businesses on WhatsApp

Now, a business can easily access the service, build directly on top of WhatsApp to customise their experience and speed up their response time to customers by using the secure WhatsApp Cloud API

WhatsApp will be open to all businesses through Cloud API: Mark Zuckerberg

This will be made possible by offering free, secure cloud hosting services provided by Meta

Meta freezes hiring for several verticals, Zuckerberg says no job cuts

Meta (formerly Facebook) has paused hirings for several verticals, like shopping and Messenger Kids, which has triggered the fear of lay offs among employees.

WhatsApp rolls out Facebook-like message reactions feature with 6 emojis

In addition to reacting to messages with emojis, WhatsApp users can also share larger files now since WhatsApp has increased the file transfer size from 100MB to 2GB

Meta to pay creators up to $4,000 for original content on Facebook Reels

Facebook's 'Challenges' is a new way to go through a series of bonuses to reach a maximum payout

Facebook founder Zuckerberg discusses 'collaboration' with Italy PM Draghi

"We are pleased to have been able to discuss the cultural, social and economic opportunities that the metaverse will bring to Italy, and we look forward continuing our collaboration, " Zuckerberg said

Facebook pulls the plug on podcast business after a year: Report

Podcasts won't be available on Facebook after June 3; company will also end short-form audio feature, shut audio hub

Meta-owned Facebook to pull the plug on its podcast platform next month

Facebook is shutting down its podcast platform next month, within less than a year of its launch as the company "re-evaluates" its audio offerings in a fast-changing world of technology.

Meta Platforms stock jumps 19% as Facebook returns to user growth

The company reports slowest rise in revenue in a decade

Meta Platforms say experiencing good ad impression growth in India

David Wehner, Chief Financial Officer of Meta, said during the earnings call that the Asia-Pacific region benefited from strong demand in products like Click-to-Messaging ads

Russia bans tech honchos, including Zuckerberg, from entering country

These shutdowns have included snapping access to Facebook and Instagram, limiting access to Google News and issuing warnings about YouTube

Russia foreign ministry bars Harris, Zuckerberg, other prominent Americans

In a statement Thursday, the ministry said that the travel bans would apply in perpetuity and that the sanctions list would be updated shortly in responsible to the hostile actions of the West

Keeping Mark Zuckerberg safe cost Meta nearly $27 million last year

Meta Platforms spent more than $15.2 million in 2021 for expenses related to protecting its chief executive officer at his homes and during personal travel, according to a recent regulatory filing

Zuckerberg money won't be in next round of aid for US elections

The 2020 effort by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, amid the COVID-19 pandemic fueled conservative anger and distrust of the presidential election outcome

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg planning to launch NFTs on Instagram

As NFTs are all the rage these days, Facebook chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg is planning to let Instagram users mint non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the social media platform

Meta commits $15 mn for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine

Meta has established a special operations centre staffed by experts from across the company, including native Russian and Ukrainian speakers, who are monitoring the platform around the clock

Instagram brings automatic subtitles to videos in feed: Report

The addition should improve accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing users, who will have more choices for spoken-word video, reports Engadget

Meta to break language barriers with AI, builds universal speech translator

Meta announced an ambitious plan to use AI for translation which has been used by several players including Google & Apple, Indian Govt too has launched its ambitious NLTM programme

Facebook parent Meta's social VR platform Horizon hits 300,000 users

Horizon Worlds was rolled out to Oculus Quest VR headset users in the US and Canada in early December.