Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has entered into a partnership with Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecom operator, to invest in a new subsea fibre-optic cable project that will connect East Africa to …
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Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica It’s “the largest recovery …
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WhatsApp and Instagram witnesses an all time new user increase
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram now has 2 billion monthly active users worldwide, closing in on the 2.96 billion who use Facebook, in a sign of the social media giant’s shifting …
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Facebook experiences strange bug on news feed which sends spamming posts on celebrity pages
Facebook is experiencing a strange bug allowing users to spam others’ news feeds with bizarre content by posting them to celebrity pages and other widely-followed accounts. The platform’s algorithm appears …
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‘Dangerous Misogynist’ Andrew Tate banned from Instagram and Facebook
Controversial online influencer and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate has been banned from Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook. The former kickboxer and reality TV star was removed for violating Meta policies “on dangerous organizations and …
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Facebook and Instagram competes with TikTok, pushes more content.
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to more than double the amount of recommended content pushed to Facebook and Instagram users by the end of 2023. According to Zuckerberg, recommended …
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Nigerian govt accuses Facebook of refusing to act against IPOB
The Nigerian government has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to stop allowing the pro-Biafra separatist group (IPOB) on their platforms. The government said members of the group use …