After Australia, now US wants to make Facebook & Google pay
Australia has dramatically changed the relationship between the news media and digital platforms by requiring Google and Facebook to pay for original content. The U.S.…
Facebook to introduce a new tool integrated with Facebook’s platform for independent writers
The Facebook Journalism Project has introduced several initiatives to help media companies and publishers develop new ways of generating substantial revenue. Now, the social networking giant…
Facebook is ending Watch Party feature on April 16th
Facebook’s Watch Party feature which allowed users to watch videos together will soon be ending by April 16, 2021. Facebook has not yet disclosed the…
WhatsApp CEO exposes Apple, puts up serious allegations
The long-running rivalry between Facebook and Apple is nothing new, with both companies’ CEOs, i.e. Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg, having explicitly criticized each other’s…
Facebook finally launches Instagram Lite
Facebook had been testing a lite version of Instagram called ‘Instagram Lite’ and now has been officially launched. This app is less data-intensive and utilizes…
Apple’s new privacy policy is a nightmare for Facebook
Apple has toughened its privacy policy with iOS 14, with plans to introduce multiple new features that let users control how third-party apps use their…
Indian government aims to have Facebook decrypt user’s WhatsApp messages
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
