Facebook’s policy on attacking public figures is set to change

Technology (Protection for consumers) Facebook’s platforms will now provide greater protection to public figures. In an update to its bullying and harassment policies, Facebook and Instagram announced Wednesday that they will remove “severe sexualizing content” targeting public figures from their platforms

Facebook’s apps went down. And the world saw how much it runs on them.

Social media For more than five hours on Monday,the world got a taste of life without Facebook and its apps. People in many places discovered that Facebook and its apps had burrowed their way into nearly every facet of existence.

Telegram says gained over 7 crore new users during Facebook outage

Technology (application) The massive outage of Facebook-owned platforms such as WhatApp, Instagram, Messenger, and the parent website benefited rival channels. Telegram, which provides an instant messaging service similar to WhatsApp, announced on Tuesday that it gained more than 70 million new users during Monday’s Facebook outage.

Amid WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram global outage, Twitterati have the last laugh!

Social media The outage has once again jolted the globe into action, reminding us how reliant we are on technology. According to a Reuters article, the outage tracking website Downdetector.com recorded over 20,000 incidences of customers reporting problems with Facebook and Instagram. Over 14,000 people were unable to use WhatsApp, while approximately 3,000 people wereContinue reading “Amid WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram global outage, Twitterati have the last laugh!”

World

CNN pulls out of Facebook in Australia, citing defamation risk News outlet CNN has said it scrapped its Facebook presence in Australia claiming that the social media behemoth refused to disable the comments section, while also citing the country’s high court ruling which made publishers responsible for defamatory comments posted by users on social media.

Tech

Facebook pumping $50 million into its metaverse project is another sign that Zuckerberg doesn’t want to miss the crypto bus Facebook announced a $50 million fund for its metaverse project today.The social network is already working on its own stablecoin called Diem along with a digital wallet dubbed Novi.Cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have aContinue reading “Tech”

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