Meta Now Allows Secure Chat Transfer Between Devices on WhatsApp Using QR Code

Meta Now Allows Secure Chat Transfer Between Devices on WhatsApp Using QR Code

Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Friday announced a new feature on the platform’s instant messaging app, WhatsApp. According to the Meta CEO, users will now be allowed to transfer their chat history between devices conveniently and in a secure way. Currently, both the devices need to work on the…

Tech Giants Could Face Fines Worth Up to 5 Percent of Annual Turnover Under Proposed Australian Laws

Tech Giants Could Face Fines Worth Up to 5 Percent of Annual Turnover Under Proposed Australian Laws

Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring “mandatory” standards to the little-regulated sector. Under the proposed legislation, the owners of platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, TikTok and podcasting services would face…

Meta to Face Legal Action in Malaysia for Failing to Remove ‘Undesirable’ Posts

Meta to Face Legal Action in Malaysia for Failing to Remove ‘Undesirable’ Posts

Malaysia said on Friday it will take legal action against Facebook parent Meta Platforms for failing to remove “undesirable” posts, the strongest measure the country has taken to date over such content. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s administration has vowed to curb what it calls provocative posts that touch on race…

How to Create Instagram Broadcast Channel on Android, iOS Device

How to Create Instagram Broadcast Channel on Android, iOS Device

Instagram parent Meta recently announced about rolling out the Channels features for broadcasting messages. The feature, which has now rolled out globally, was earlier limited to select creators and users. The social media platform started testing the broadcast channels feature in February this year. Through this feature, creators will be able…

WhatsApp Web Rolling Out ‘Call Back’ Alert for Beta Users to Prevent Unanswered Calls from Going Unnoticed

WhatsApp Web Rolling Out ‘Call Back’ Alert for Beta Users to Prevent Unanswered Calls from Going Unnoticed

WhatsApp added the voice call feature to its desktop app in 2021. Now, the social media platform is reportedly bringing more updates to the voice and video calling features on the web version. The Meta-owned instant messaging app is reportedly rolling out a ‘call back’ notification that will ensure that…

WhatsApp Rolls Out New ‘Channels’ Feature That Lets Organisations Broadcast Updates to Followers

WhatsApp Rolls Out New ‘Channels’ Feature That Lets Organisations Broadcast Updates to Followers

WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organisations try a new feature called “Channels” that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular, Meta-owned messaging service. The debut comes as an array of agencies and organisations grow disenchanted with Elon Musk-owned Twitter in the face of fees, performance problems, and dramatically…

Facebook Acted on Over 27 Million Pieces of Content in India for Guideline Violations in April

Facebook Acted on Over 27 Million Pieces of Content in India for Guideline Violations in April

Social media giant Meta’s Facebook took action against 41 percent of complaints it received from users and Instagram against over 54 percent of grievances raised by users in April 2023, according to the company’s latest India Monthly Report. As per the category-wise information disclosed by Meta, Facebook “actioned on” less…

Meta Quest 3 With Upgraded Snapdragon Chipset, Redesigned Touch Plus Controllers Launched

Meta Quest 3 With Upgraded Snapdragon Chipset, Redesigned Touch Plus Controllers Launched

Meta Quest 3 was launched on Thursday as the company’s next-generation mixed reality headset. It is powered by a new Snapdragon chipset that is claimed to offer twice the graphical performance of its predecessor, the Meta Quest 2. The device is also equipped with redesigned Touch Plus controllers that don’t…

Facebook Acted on Over 27 Million Pieces of Content in India for Guideline Violations in April

Judge Dismisses Cambridge Analytica Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook Parent Meta

A 2018 privacy lawsuit brought by Washington, DC, against Facebook owner Meta Platforms, was dismissed on Thursday by a Superior Court judge, who ruled the firm did not mislead consumers over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The lawsuit alleged a violation of the district’s consumer protection law. The social media firm…

Twitter Exits Voluntary EU Disinformation Code but Obligations Remain, EU Commissioner Says

Twitter Exits Voluntary EU Disinformation Code but Obligations Remain, EU Commissioner Says

Twitter has decided to leave the EU’s disinformation code, a voluntary pact that groups together the major social platforms, but “its obligations remain,” EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted Saturday. Launched in 2018, the EU’s code of practice on disinformation counts nearly three dozen signatories including the giants in the…