Indian government aims to have Facebook decrypt user’s WhatsApp messages
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Casey Newton – a Silicon Valley journalist associated with The Verge and the founder of Platformer News, has revealed that India plans to force Facebook…
Facebook uses one billion Instagram users’ photos to train its A.I
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As per a blog post published by Facebook AI, one billion Instagram photos were used to train its AI-based SEER algorithm (an abbreviation of self-supervised)…
US lawmakers to tighten the noose around social media with ‘censorship’ lawsuits
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Republican state lawmakers plan to push the social media giants towards facing expensive lawsuits for politically motivated policing of user content. As per the Associated…
Facebook fails to counter COVID-19 conspiracy theories on its platforms
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Facebook has vowed to deploy artificial intelligence in conjunction with human moderators to leash on conspiracy theorists using its platform to spread disinformation related to…
Facebook launches its own version of TikTok for rap artists
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Facebook has just launched a TikTok-like app for budding rap artists to create and share their music. As reported by TechCrunch, the new app has…
Facebook launches new ad campaign to convince iPhone users to enable ad tracking
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In order to ensure more user security and privacy, Apple had introduced its new privacy updates which forced all applications to ask the user what…
Facebook to invest $1 billion in news and journalism industry
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Facebook Inc on Wednesday pledged to invest at least $1 billion in the news industry over the next three years, days after a high-profile stand-off…
Facebook is testing tools to tackle child exploitation
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Facebook says it is testing more tools to help the social network prevent people from sharing content that exploits children. One is a pop-up message…
Exploring the dynamics of increasingly absurd viral trends on Pakistani social media
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According to a Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) report, the country’s overall internet traffic saw a jump of 15%. More Pakistanis flocked to the online spaces to…
No news for Australians! Facebook bans Australian users from sharing news stories
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Facebook, on Tuesday, announced to remove a critical part of Australian users’ experience: sharing news content on the social media platform. As a reaction to…
Tech giants in serious trouble with mounting antitrust lawsuits
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In addition to the increasing scrutiny by the US and Australian governments, private lawsuits continue to add to the challenges that haunt numerous tech giants,…
Facebook might be secretly working on an Android-powered smartwatch
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Facebook is up to something, but thankfully, it has nothing to do with your privacy this time. Instead, it appears that the social media behemoth…
Facebook blocked in Myanmar as military rule tightens
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Myanmar is going through some pretty turbulent times as of late, with the recent coup plunging it back into direct military rule and resulting in…
