Washington. The tool CrowdTangleconsidered vital to monitor disinformation on social networks, will be dismantled by the American group Meta in the coming months, a movement that researchers describe as a “setback” in a year with elections in numerous countries. The company that owns Facebook and Instagram announced that CrowdTangle will no longer be available starting … Read more
NOS NOS news•today, 8:59 p.m Social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram may not require their users to follow them online in exchange for access to the platforms. This is what the European privacy watchdog EDPB says, which also includes the Dutch Data Protection Authority. According to the regulator, large online platforms must offer … Read more
A Samsung regained its position as the world’s largest cell phone seller, surpassing its rival Apple. Manufacturer of iPhone it had taken the first place in 2023 consolidated, displacing Samsung for the first time in ten years, but it has already lost the position again to the South Korean company. According to the IDC consultancy, … Read more
Meta has announced that it is introducing new features in its social network Instagram, the purpose of which is to protect its users, especially young people, from blackmail through intimate photos, DPA reported. Meta has confirmed that it has begun testing a digital “filter for photos with intimate content” on Instagram. It is built into … Read more
NOSInstagram on a phone NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 19:23 Instagram is developing a tool that makes nude images in private messages unrecognizable. The tool will soon be turned on by default for minors, the company writes. Instagram takes the measure to protect young people against abuse of nude images and sextortionwhere victims are blackmailed with nude images. … Read more
Jakarta – Meta launched the latest mobile video display by presenting a vertical display for all platform video content on Facebook. A vertical video format also used by TikTok and Reels. In this update Reels, Facebook Live, and long-form videos will default to a full-screen portrait-oriented video format. The new video player will debut on … Read more
Meta, the parent company of Oculus, has introduced a new age verification protocol for the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 headsets. This process will ensure that each user’s account is age-appropriate. Users are prompted on their headsets to enter their date of birth and then briefly set their privacy settings. Meta adds age … Read more
Thursday, April 4 2024 – 01:31 WIB Gadget – WhatsApp users around the world were frustrated today as the popular instant messaging platform experienced an outage. Many users reported that they were unable to send or receive messages, as well as experiencing problems with other features such as voice and video calling. Based on a … Read more
By Le Figaro with Reuters Published on 04/03/2024 at 9:43 p.m. Around 12,000 US users have reported issues with the messaging platform. tashatuvango / stock.adobe.com More than 20,000 users in India, around 46,000 in the UK and more than 42,000 in Brazil have reported issues with the platform. WhatsApp, the messaging application owned by Meta, … Read more
It is a fact that Meta Platforms collects and manages a huge pool of data coming from the social networking and messaging applications it controls: Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook. However, it turns out that these data were not enough for the company, as reported by ot.gr. According to court filings released last week, Meta orchestrated … Read more