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Mainstream media plays bigger role in disseminating disinformation: Meta
Mainstream media plays bigger role in disseminating disinformation: Meta

Meta said that the strength of civic institutions has been declining long before social media was invented.

  • Monday, 25 April 2022
Snapchat
At 332 mn users, Snapchat growing faster than Facebook, Twitter

Snap (parent company of Snapchat) grew its revenue 38 per cent year-over-year to reach $1.06 billion for the quarter that ended March 31, 2022.

  • Friday, 22 April 2022
Facebook
Podcasts, short-form Soundbites arriving on Facebook soon

To kickstart Soundbites, Facebook is introducing an 'Audio Creator Fund' to support emerging audio creators and get early feedback on the new product experience.

  • Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Utkal Dibasa
Utkal Diwas: High Time Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Recognize Odia

Odisha is the first state in the country to be formed on linguistic basis. But these big tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Youtube have not recognized Odia as a language. Why?

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  • Friday, 01 April 2022
Meta Brings Slack-Like Shortcuts To Messenger
Meta Brings Slack-Like Shortcuts To Messenger

Sending a message with /silent removes the anxiety of interrupting someone with a non-urgent pop-up notification or disturbing them during their off hours.

  • Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Facebook
FB Rolls Out New Tools For Group Admins To Reduce Misinformation

Incoming posts that contain content rated by third-party fact-checkers as false are declined before they are seen in the group, which helps reduce the visibility of misinformation.

  • Friday, 11 March 2022
Facebook
FB Limits Access To Russian State-Controlled Media In Ukraine

Meta (formerly Facebook) on last weekend prohibited Russian state media from running ads or monetising on its platform anywhere in the world.

  • Monday, 28 February 2022
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Meta Bans Russian Media From Running Ads, Monetizing On Platforms

Meta earlier criticised Russia's move to restrict Facebook in the country, saying that it reacted in response to either Facebook's fact-checking practices and its policy of labelling state-run media accounts.

  • Saturday, 26 February 2022
Meta slams Russia's move to restrict Facebook
Meta Slams Russia's Move To Restrict Facebook

Russia's internet regulatory agency Roskomnadzor said that on February 24, Facebook social network (Meta Platforms) restricted the official accounts of four Russian media outlets.

  • Saturday, 26 February 2022
Whistleblower Takes On Meta Over Climate Change, Covid Misinformation
Whistleblower Takes On Meta Over Climate Change, Covid Misinformation

Climate denial on Facebook has gotten even worse this year, according to a new study led by climate advocacy group Stop Funding Heat and the Real Facebook Oversight Board.

  • Monday, 21 February 2022
Facebook Renames Its News Feed To Just 'Feed'
Facebook Renames Its News Feed To Just 'Feed'

The 'News Feed' name had been in place since the feature was first introduced more than 15 years ago.

  • Wednesday, 16 February 2022
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Meta Activates Elections Operations Centre In India Amid Assembly Polls

With India entering the crucial Assembly polls season, Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday said it has activated its Elections Operations Centre so that it can watch out for potential abuses that could emerge across the platform related to these elections to respond in real time.

  • Thursday, 10 February 2022
AI supercomputer
Our AI Supercomputer Will Be World's Fastest This Year: Meta

The first generation of this infrastructure, designed in 2017, has 22,000 NVIDIA V100 Tensor Core GPUs in a single cluster that performs 35,000 training jobs a day.

  • Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Mark Zuckerberg Set To Reveal India's Role In Building Metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg Set To Reveal India's Role In Building Metaverse

The event will feature different segments showcasing how people, businesses and communities are coming together on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to drive change, unleash expression, foster inclusion and explore possibilities of the future.

  • Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Viral Video: Woman With Computer Science Degree Begging In Varanasi Streets
Viral Video: Woman With Computer Science Degree Begging In Varanasi Streets

This video of a woman begging in the streets of Varanasi has gone viral on Social Media.

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  • Thursday, 25 November 2021
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