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  • Facebook’s most pointless feature gets a second life

    Facebook’s most pointless feature gets a second life

    Meta is trying to breathe life into one of Facebook’s strangest relics: the poke. What began as a half-joke feature in the early days of the site is suddenly being positioned as a way to win over younger users.

  • Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and 23 social media apps banned in this country: 5 things to know

    Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and 23 social media apps banned in this country: 5 things to know

    Nepal has banned 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and X, after they missed a registration deadline. Critics call it an attack on free speech. Here are 5 key highlights of the ban explained simply.

  • Big Tech giants defy US-India trade tensions, record strongest 12-month headcount growth in India in 3 years

    Big Tech giants defy US-India trade tensions, record strongest 12-month headcount growth in India in 3 years

    Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet)-have collectively hired over 30,000 new employees in India over the past 12 months, Xpheno data shows.

  • Facebook and Instagram launch AI-powered dubbing tool for video creators

    Facebook and Instagram launch AI-powered dubbing tool for video creators

    Meta has launched an AI-powered dubbing feature on Facebook and Instagram, starting with English and Spanish. The tool uses voice cloning and lip-syncing to deliver natural-sounding translations and will expand to more languages in the future.

  • Bengaluru business man loses Rs 89 lakh after clicking on Facebook ad: Report

    Bengaluru business man loses Rs 89 lakh after clicking on Facebook ad: Report

    According to the complaint, the businessman came across a Facebook advertisement promoting high returns via a platform named ‘FXROAD @FXRoad_Account_Mngr_bot’. He had registered through a free link.

  • Beyond Observations: Why social media needs statutory regulation

    Beyond Observations: Why social media needs statutory regulation

    Hundreds of cases are being registered against people for ‘defamatory’ and abusive posts every day. In the absence of proper guidelines, the police are exercising wide discretion in registering such cases—a discretion that, in most instances, lacks sound legal reasoning and often appears outright arbitrary

  • What happens to your Facebook account after you die? 5 key facts

    What happens to your Facebook account after you die? 5 key facts

    Curious what happens to your Facebook account after death? Here are 5 simple facts about memorialisation, legacy contacts, and account deletion that everyone should know.

  • Meta deletes 10 million Facebook accounts

    Meta deletes 10 million Facebook accounts

    Meta just wiped out over 10 million fake accounts — and that’s only in the first half of 2025. Most were impersonating big creators, gaming the algorithm, and flooding feeds with AI-generated junk.

  • Meta introduces passkeys for Facebook: What it is, how it works, and more

    Meta introduces passkeys for Facebook: What it is, how it works, and more

    The new login method, which uses biometric data or a device PIN, promises a faster and more secure way to access your Facebook account — and soon, Messenger as well

  • Meta's Arun Srinivas to lead the tech giant's India operations

    Meta's Arun Srinivas to lead the tech giant's India operations

    In his new role, Srinivas will focus on bringing the organisation’s business, innovation, and revenue priorities together to serve partners and clients.

  • Meta ties up with Constellation Energy to use nuclear power for its  artificial intelligence needs

    Meta ties up with Constellation Energy to use nuclear power for its artificial intelligence needs

    Constellation's Clinton Clean Energy Centre was set to be shut in 2017 after facing financial losses for years, but it but was saved by legislation in Illinois establishing a zero-emission credit program to support the plant into 2027.

  • Meta expands India head Sandhya Devanathan's role to include Southeast Asia

    Meta expands India head Sandhya Devanathan's role to include Southeast Asia

    Meta has also elevated Benjamin Joe as the regional vice president for the Asia Pacific region

  • Social media platforms Meta, X step up content takedowns in India amid rising tensions with Pakistan

    Social media platforms Meta, X step up content takedowns in India amid rising tensions with Pakistan

    The India-Pakistan border flare-up, intensified by Operation Sindoor, has fueled a surge of misinformation across social media platforms.

  • Facebook will limit reach of accounts sharing spammy content

    Facebook will limit reach of accounts sharing spammy content

    Impersonation is another issue Facebook is tackling. Many creators have faced fake accounts pretending to be them. Facebook has already removed millions of these fake profiles, and now it’s making it easier for creators to report and block these impersonators.

  • Mark Zuckerberg says he is more likely to follow influencers on Instagram, X than Facebook

    Mark Zuckerberg says he is more likely to follow influencers on Instagram, X than Facebook

    In an email exchange with a senior Facebook executive, Mark Zuckerberg said that even if Instagram and WhatsApp did well, he didn't see a path to success for Meta if Facebook faltered.

  • Facebook without friends? Mark Zuckerberg once considered it

    Facebook without friends? Mark Zuckerberg once considered it

    According to a report, Zuckerberg pitched the idea of deleting everyone’s Facebook friends and asking users to rebuild their networks from scratch.

  • 'Careless People' review: 'Darkly funny' is exactly right

    'Careless People' review: 'Darkly funny' is exactly right

    Alleged sexual harassment, apathy and a ridiculous amount of navel-gazing and entitlement: Former Facebook global policy head Sarah Wynn-Williams' book about working at the social media giant from 2011-17 paints a hilarious but grim picture.

  • Meta to roll out additional protections for teens on Instagram in India

    Meta to roll out additional protections for teens on Instagram in India

    Meta also plans to extend Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger for users in India later this year.

  • Mark Zuckerberg's 'old-school Facebook hoodie' sells for Rs 14 lakh, Steve Jobs's tie for Rs 31 crore

    Mark Zuckerberg's 'old-school Facebook hoodie' sells for Rs 14 lakh, Steve Jobs's tie for Rs 31 crore

    The new owner of Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie received a handwritten note from the tech titan that read: 'One of my favorite old-school Facebook hoodies. I wore this all the time in the early days...'

  • Meta extends Instagram Teen Accounts to India, boosts privacy of young users

    Meta extends Instagram Teen Accounts to India, boosts privacy of young users

    Instagram will automatically make all new and existing accounts of people aged 13-17 private, with more restrictive and protected settings, even if it was previously a public account.

  • Reel-life Mark Zuckerberg wants to stay away from real life Mark Zuckerberg, here's why

    Reel-life Mark Zuckerberg wants to stay away from real life Mark Zuckerberg, here's why

    “I don’t want to think of myself as associated with somebody like that,” Eisenberg said in the interview

  • ‘Everything I say leaks’: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expresses anger over internal meeting leaks

    ‘Everything I say leaks’: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expresses anger over internal meeting leaks

    Mark Zuckerberg addressed concerns about leaks from Meta’s internal meetings, stating he still wants open discussions within the company. He acknowledged that some information gets out but emphasized the importance of transparency.

  • Meta gains after Zuckerberg predicts ‘really big year’ in AI

    Meta gains after Zuckerberg predicts ‘really big year’ in AI

    Zuckerberg has been using AI technology to transform how Meta’s business works, from the way advertising is targeted to the order of content that appears in social networks, squeezing more value out of the social media business and its 3.35 billion daily users.

  • Meta AI will now answer queries based on data collected from Facebook and Instagram activity

    Meta AI will now answer queries based on data collected from Facebook and Instagram activity

    Meta AI chatbot is becoming more useful with the company’s latest AI update, with the introduction of the new Memory Boost feature. Next, Personalized recommendations, will allow the chatbot to remember several things from Facebook and Instagram to answer customized queries.

  • UP woman tricks daughter-in-law's lover into meeting her, beats him with slippers in public

    UP woman tricks daughter-in-law's lover into meeting her, beats him with slippers in public

    The woman, whose husband was often away at work, allegedly spent her time chatting with another man from Sambhal on Facebook Messenger. Her behaviour raised suspicions when her mother-in-law noticed her frequent use of her phone while neglecting household responsibilities.

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