Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it was adding a host of new features to Instagram, including a tool to trade digital collectables, in a move that will help content creators monetize their presence on the social media platform. Users can soon support creators by buying their non-fungible tokens (NFTs) directly…
The government on Friday tweaked IT rules to pave way for setting up of grievance appellate panels, which will settle issues that users may have against the way social media platforms initially addressed their complaints regarding content and other matters. These committees will be able to review content moderation decisions…
Global police agency Interpol said it was preparing for the risk that online immersive environments — the “metaverse” — could create new kinds of cybercrime and allow existing crime to take place on a larger scale. Interpol’s member countries have raised concerns about how to prepare for possible metaverse crime, Madan…
The government plans to set up appellate committees to redress grievances that users may have against the way social media platforms initially addressed their complaints regarding content and other issues, officials said. While tech giant Meta (which owns Facebook and WhatsApp) and microblogging site Twitter have been pushing for a…
Messaging platform WhatsApp has submitted its report to the IT ministry on the service outage that happened on Tuesday, according to government sources. The ministry had asked the Meta-owned messaging platform to share reasons for the service disruption. WhatsApp services snag on Tuesday had left users complaining about not being…
India is the most significant country for Meta in terms of all the new things that feature across its platforms — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, a top company official said. Meta has also provided a great opportunity for numerous brands and millions of creators to express their creativity and build…
Meta is gearing to deploy its signature Bitmoji-like avatars to its instant messaging app, WhatsApp. The feature will first reach a bunch of randomly selected beta testers on Android as part of its upcoming 2.22.23.9 app upgrade, as per a report. A new category called ‘Avatar’ is said to appear…
Facebook warned on Friday that it may block sharing of news content on its platform in Canada over concerns about legislation that would compel digital platforms to pay news publishers. The Online News Act, introduced in April, laid out rules to force platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to…
Mark Zuckerberg had announced last month that WhatsApp is getting a Call Links feature. This feature allows users to invite people to a new call or allow them to join an existing call. A recent report suggests that WhatsApp has finally begun rolling out this feature to a wide user…
Instagram will enhance features that help users block the accounts of abusers and trolls on the social media platform, the Meta Platforms-owned company said on Thursday. All the Instagram users will now be able to block all existing accounts of a person, expanding a feature launched last year that only…
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