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Instagram and Facebook face disruptions worldwide

Meta’s social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, experienced significant outages on Wednesday night, affecting thousands of users globally.

How to cut screen time and regain control of your day

With how addictive social media is, the thought of putting your device down seems like a nightmare. Why get any work done when you can scroll and watch eye-catching reels instead?

Facebook users eligible for data breach compensation: German court

Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled that Facebook users whose data was illegally accessed in 2018 and 2019 are eligible for compensation.

Facebook is making 'views' as primary content performance metric

Facebook has recently announced to shift its focus to "views" as the primary metric for measuring content performance, aligning its approach with Instagram’s existing system. 

Australia plans to ban social media for users under 16

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that his government will introduce legislation to prevent users under 16 from accessing social media platforms, citing the risks of online harm.

Facebook and Nvidia ask US Supreme Court to dismiss fraud lawsuits

Facebook and Nvidia are asking the US Supreme Court to dismiss securities fraud lawsuits filed by investors, in cases that could make it harder to hold companies accountable in court. Both tech giants are challenging rulings by a lower court that allowed these lawsuits to move forward, saying the cases don’t meet legal standards.

Meta to keep ban on political ads after US election

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, recently announced it will keep its ban on new political ads even after the US Election Day,  aiming to reduce misinformation during the post-election period.

AI features boosted time spent on Facebook by 8%: Zuckerberg

Improvements in AI-driven feeds and video recommendations have led to an 8% rise in time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram this year, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the company's latest quarterly earnings report.

Facebook and Instagram sued for being addictive to teens

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is facing lawsuits brought by US states accusing it of harming teens' mental health by making its platforms addictive. 

May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023

Meta lays off top Facebook executives, entire business units in India

Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of Facebook, has recently made significant changes to its workforce, including the layoff of top executives and the elimination of entire business units in India.

May 22, 2023
May 22, 2023

Meta hit with a record fine of $1.3 billion over data privacy breach

The fine was accompanied by an order to cease the transfer of Facebook user data from EU citizens to the United States.

May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023

Facebook users reportedly encounter 'auto friend request' bug

The glitch appears to occur when one user visits another person's profile, triggering an unsolicited friend request to be sent from the visitor to the profile owner.

May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023

A brief look inside Meta's recent youth safety initiatives

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced that in their ongoing effort and commitment to youth safety online, a series of youth safety initiatives to protect young people while using their apps are currently in place and are constantly reinforced.

May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023

Google, Facebook to face 15% tax on digital ad income

The NBR shared the information a clarification to Bangladesh Bank

April 29, 2023
April 29, 2023

CPD urges NBR to bring Facebook, Google, Netflix under tax

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to bring non-resident tech giants such as Facebook, Google, and Netflix under tax.

April 26, 2023
April 26, 2023

Facebook’s ad agency limits advertising from Bangladesh

In a major setback to businesses in Bangladesh, Facebook's ad agency, Httpool, has announced the temporary unavailability of its services and limited availability of ad space on the Meta platform.

April 20, 2023
April 20, 2023

NID should be essential to open Facebook accounts: Telecom Minister

To prevent fake identities and false information from spreading on Facebook, the Minister suggested that Facebook authorities should take effective measures to verify the authentication of Facebook IDs with national IDs or mobile numbers. 

April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023

Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images

Facebook-owner Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind

March 25, 2023
March 25, 2023

7 hidden Facebook features you didn't know about

Aside from the most basic functions such as posting, commenting and reacting, Facebook has a myriad of hidden features that most active users don't know about. Here are some of the more helpful ones.