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How to Apply Meta Verified: A Guide to Getting Verified on Instagram and Facebook
To help creators and businesses establish their online presence and build their community faster, Facebook announced in late 2021 that it would begin testing a new subscription bundle called Meta Verified on Instagram and Facebook. The package includes a verified badge, proactive account protection, access to account support, increased visibility, and reach. Although it was […] More
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Facebook and Instagram Test Paid Verification Service in Australia and New Zealand
Facebook and Instagram have rolled out a new paid subscription service in Australia and New Zealand, marking the first time the social media giants have offered such features for a fee. The move comes as parent company Meta, formerly known as Facebook, looks to diversify its revenue streams amid a drop in advertising revenues. The […] More
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Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram account soon to be recovered by Meta
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will be reinstating former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the upcoming weeks. This was announced by Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, in a blog post. The accounts were suspended by Meta on January 7, 2021 for two years, due to Trump’s praise for those […] More
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Donald Trump, to be back on Facebook and Instagram? Meta to announce their call, report claims
Facebook owner Meta is expected to decide whether the social media platform will allow former US president Donald Trump to be back on Facebook and Instagram, a report in the Financial Times said. This comes after Donald Trump was reinstated back on Twitter. Meta was earlier expected to take the call by January 7, but […] More
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Meta to pay $725 million in settlement over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook parent company Meta agreed to settle Cambridge Analytica case for $725 million, a filing from the US District Court reveals. The proposed settlement would resolve a case that has been open since 2018, in which Facebook was accused of allowing the third-party consulting firm to access the data of nearly 87 million users. More
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UK Warns Facebook Executives to Keep Users Safe or Risk Criminal Charges
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries warned Facebook Inc. and its chiefs are on course for criminal prosecution for failing to reign in the harmful effects of its platform. “Why would we give them two years to change what they can change today?” said Dorries. “Remove your harmful algorithms today and you will not be subjected […] More
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Mark Zuckerberg loses over 7 billion USD in hours after global outage
Mark Zuckerberg previously ranked at the third spot on Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. According to Bloomberg, the stocks of Facebook fell by 5% on Monday, adding to a 15 percent decline since mid-September.\ According to a Bloomberg report, Zuckerberg also slipped to the 5th spot in the billionaires’ list after Facebook stocks plunged due to the global outage. […] More
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Facebook is killing people : US President
President of United States Joe Biden said Friday that online media misinformation about Covid-19 and inoculations is “killing people” and the White House said Facebook needs to get it together. “They’re killing individuals. The lone pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing individuals,” Biden told journalists at the White House, as he […] More
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Google, Facebook and other tech companies warned to quit Hong Kong over privacy law
An Asian industry group that includes Google, Facebook, and Twitter has warned that tech companies could quit offering their services in Hong Kong if the Chinese region continues with plans to change protection laws. The warning came in a letter sent by the Asia Internet Coalition, of which every one of the three organizations, notwithstanding […] More
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Facebook is experimenting with advertisements in virtual reality headsets
Despite the platform’s founder promising it would never do so, Facebook has begun to display advertising on its Oculus virtual reality headsets. Ads will begin to show in a game called Balston in what the social network characterized as an experiment, with other developers following suit. It stated that it will take feedback into consideration […] More