Around 95 Percent WhatsApp Users in India Receive Pesky Calls, SMS Through Online Business: Survey

Around 95 Percent WhatsApp Users in India Receive Pesky Calls, SMS Through Online Business: Survey

Around 76 percent of respondents have claimed that they have noticed a rise in pesky calls or SMS based on their conversations with WhatsApp business accounts and their activity on Facebook or Instagram, online survey firm LocalCircles said on Wednesday. According to the survey conducted between February 1 and 20, 95…

Twitter Becomes First Social Media Platform to Allow Cannabis Ads in the US

Twitter Becomes First Social Media Platform to Allow Cannabis Ads in the US

Twitter on Wednesday became the first social media platform to allow cannabis companies to market their brands and products in the United States. The company had earlier only allowed advertising for hemp-derived CBD topical products, while other social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok follow a “no cannabis advertising…

Meta Oversight Board to Review More Cases, Expedite Decision-Making Process

Meta Oversight Board to Review More Cases, Expedite Decision-Making Process

Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board announced on Tuesday that it will review more types of content moderation cases and expedite some decisions, as it aims to expand its work. The Oversight Board was created in late 2020 to review Facebook and Instagram‘s decisions on taking down or leaving up certain content…

Meta’s Chief Business Officer Marne Levine, Appointed in 2021, Leaves Company

Meta’s Chief Business Officer Marne Levine, Appointed in 2021, Leaves Company

Meta Platforms said on Monday Chief Business Officer Marne Levine was leaving the owner of Facebook after a 13-year stint. Fifty-two-year-old Levine, appointed as the company’s first chief business officer in 2021, has served in various other executive positions at the social media company, including chief operating officer of Instagram….

Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India

Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India

After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims. The videos…

Meta Restores Donald Trump’s Facebook Page Following a Two-Year Suspension

Meta Restores Donald Trump’s Facebook Page Following a Two-Year Suspension

Donald Trump has 34 million followers on Facebook, platforms that are key vehicles for political outreach and fundraising. By Gadgets 360 Staff With Input From Reuters | Updated: 9 February 2023 23:42 IST Meta Platforms has restored former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook page following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol…

Meta Gets Nod to Buy VR Content Maker Within Unlimited as FTC’s Request Gets Denied

Meta Gets Nod to Buy VR Content Maker Within Unlimited as FTC’s Request Gets Denied

A judge on Friday released a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission’s request to stop Meta Platforms from buying virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited, rejecting the regulator’s concerns the deal would reduce competition in a new market. A December trial to decide if Meta could go forward with the…

India Among Top 3 Nations Contributing Active Users Growth for Facebook: Meta

India Among Top 3 Nations Contributing Active Users Growth for Facebook: Meta

India is among the top three nations contributing active users growth for Facebook as of December 31, 2022, social media major Meta said in a regulatory filing. The company has reported a 4 percent increase in worldwide daily active users (DAUs) to 2 billion on average during December 2022 from…

Meta Fined .9 Million by Irish Regulators for WhatsApp Data Protection Breach

Meta Fined $5.9 Million by Irish Regulators for WhatsApp Data Protection Breach

Social media giant Meta has been fined an additional EUR 5.5 million (roughly Rs. 47.8 crore) for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp, Ireland’s regulator announced Thursday. The penalty follows a far larger EUR 390 million (roughly Rs. 3,429 crore) fine for Meta’s Instagram and…