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WhatsApp To Add 'Disappearing Messages' Feature Soon

San Francisco: The Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp’s new feature ‘Disappearing Messages’ has been spotted in the latest beta version 2.19.275 for Android. With the ‘Delete Messages’ feature, group admins will able to select a specific duration for messages on the group and once a message crosses the duration, it will be automatically deleted, news portal […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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Brazil Fines Facebook $1.6 Millon Over Sharing Of User Data

Rio de Janeiro: Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security has imposed a fine of 6.6 million reais (about $1.6 million) on Facebook for the sharing of data belonging to 4,43,000 Brazilian users in relation to the Cambridge Analytica case. According to the government, there was evidence that there was an “abusive” practice when it […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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Facebook Rolls Out 4 New Privacy Features

San Francisco: Facebook has updated its Privacy Checkup tool with four new features to help users improve account security and control how their information is used. The Privacy Checkup tool has been live since 2014 and the new version is rolling out globally this week. The “Who Can See What You Share” feature will help […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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Facebook Cracks Down On Deepfake Videos

San Francisco: Alarmed at the growing forged or deepfake videos on its platform, Facebook has announced tough policies against the spread of manipulated media on its platform. The company said that going forward, it will remove misleading manipulated media if it has been edited or synthesized beyond adjustments for clarity or quality “in ways that […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
'WhatsApp From Facebook' Arrives For New Users In 2020

New Delhi: Taking another step towards monetising and making all its apps — WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram — into one unified experience for billions of users, the social networking giant has added ‘WhatsApp from Facebook’ for new users on its instant messaging platform in the New Year. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed his plans last […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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Facebook To Send Notifications For Third-Party Logins

San Francisco: Facebook has added a new login feature that will notify users whenever they log into a third-party app or website using their account. This login notification will alert the user every time a third-party application will access user data and will be sent via mail, zdnet.com reported on Wednesday. “The design and content […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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Social Media Rules May Make User ID Verification Mandatory

New Delhi: Social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok may have to scramble for developing account identity-verification option to check “fake news, malicious content, misinformation, racial slurs, gender abuse that may have an impact on the individual and society as a whole”. This may form part of the social media guidelines […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Facebook Not To Sell Ads On WhatsApp

San Francisco: Facebook has reportedly decided not to sell ads on WhatsApp – a controversial plan that forced Brian Acton and Jan Koum, who founded the mobile messaging service, to quit nearly two years ago. According to a The Wall Street Journal report, WhatsApp in recent months disbanded a team that had been established to […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
WhatsApp To Get Animated Stickers Feature Soon

San Francisco: Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp’s latest beta update for its Android has claimed that the latter might be bringing support for animated sticker packs soon. WABetaInfo, a fan website that tracks WhatsApp updates, spotted tracks hinting at the animated stickers in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android. “All Stickers Packs received a server side […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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WhatsApp Down: Users Facing Media Transfer Issues, Twitterati Report Server

New Delhi: Looks like Facebook’s popularly owned online messaging app WhatsApp is currently experiencing issues in some regions around the world. #whatsappdown trended on twitter with 8,246 Tweets as a large number of reports from users stated that WhatsApp is currently down or not working. Many WhatsApp users taking to Twitter complained about facing an […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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Vodafone Quits Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Project

San Francisco: Vodafone has become the latest big player who has decided to quit Facebook’s controversial Libra cryptocurrency project. Vodafone joins PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, Mercado Pago, eBay, Stripe and Booking Holdings in withdrawing from the controversial project — and is the first company to exit after the Libra Association was formed in October last year, coindesk […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
'Off-Facebook Activity' To Let Users Protect Browsing History

San Francisco: To give over two billion users more control over their privacy, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced several new features, including an ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ tool that will let users disconnect their identities from browsing history so Facebook won’t be able to see which websites they visit. The ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ tool is now available […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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Facebook, Instagram Users Just Copy Friends' Eating Habits

London: Our Facebook or Instagram friends implicitly influence our eating habits as social media users are more likely to eat fruit and vegetables — or snack on junk food — if they think their friends do the same, say researchers. The research by the UK-based Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences found that […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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Facebook's official accounts on Twitter, Instagram hacked

San Francisco: The official Twitter accounts of Facebook and its messaging app Messenger were hacked and the cyber criminals posted messages from both the platforms. The hackers also temporarily took over Facebook’s accounts on Instagram through a third-party platform and posted a photo of the hackers’ group. “Hi, we are O u r M i […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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Facebook releases Pinterest clone 'Hobbi'

San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook has quietly released a new app like Pinterest called ‘Hobbi’, a photo and video sharing app designed for documenting users hobbies. The app is available for iPhone users and it was created by New Product Experimentation (NPE) a team within Facebook tasked with experimenting new products and services, CNET reported […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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