Facebook's own research made it aware of the harms Instagram can cause teenagers (especially teen girls) when it comes to mental health and body image issues. US Attorneys are now investigating Meta Platforms.
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The revelations by whistleblower Frances Haugen have put the US tech giant under renewed scrutiny. Stricter rules are overdue, the EU’s digital policy chief told DW.
For many parents, revelations this week from whistleblower Frances Haugen showing internal Facebook studies of the harms of Instagram for teenagers only intensified concerns about the popular photo sharing app.
Internet giant Facebook has been rebranded to Meta. Will any changes be seen on the platforms? How far has facebook travelled since 2004? What are the reasons of this rebranding?
“We do not allow bullying and harassment on our platform, but when it does happen, we act,” Antigone Davis, Facebook's head of global safety, wrote in a blog post.
Santosh Janardhan, Facebook's vice president of infrastructure, said in a blog post that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp going dark was 'caused not by malicious activity, but an error of our own making.'
Facebook Name Change: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger will stay, corporate structure won't change but shares will start trading under the ticker 'MVRS' from 1st November.
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Facebook says it is allowing public figures with verified accounts to start live audio rooms and invite anyone else to speak.
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The newsworthiness exemption, makes a statement offensive, bullying or otherwise controversial, breaking community standard
Facebook said letters of intent had been signed with independent news organizations Private Media, Schwartz Media and Solstice Media.
The Parliament on Thursday passed amendments to the so-called News Media Bargaining Code agreed between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook chief executive...
The blockade has escalated a fight with the government over whether powerful tech companies should have to pay news organizations for content.
The Australian Parliament is debating proposed laws that would make the two platforms strike deals to pay for Australian news.
Zuckerberg also said the risk of allowing President Trump to continue to use the platform during this period is 'simply too great'
WhatsApp has started its payments service in a 'graded' manner, starting with a maximum registered user base of 20 million in UPI
At a fireside chat with Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, he said India's middle-class, which is about 50 per cent of the nation's total number of households,...
Facebook's manoeuvring harms competition, leaves consumers with few choices and deprives advertisers of the benefits of competition, the complaint states.
Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg support reforming laws but oppose government regulation
Ephemeral tweets or 'fleets' are designed to allay the concerns of new users who might be turned off by the public and permanent nature of normal tweets
Wall Street Journal had accused Ankhi Das of opposing blocking of right-wing hate content.
Panel also considering summons for Amazon and Google on the issue of protection of data and its privacy
TMC MP Derek O'Brien, who has written the letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, also made a reference to an earlier meeting between the two, where some of...
The letter comes a day before the meeting of a Parliamentary committee where opposition parties are likely to raise the issue of Facebook India's alleged bias...
The Congress' letter to Zuckerberg came over an article in Time magazine, which the opposition party claimed "revealed" more information and "evidence of...
The Congress and other opposition parties have attacked Facebook after a US media report alleged that Facebook did not apply its hate speech rules on BJP...
