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Facebook will discontinue some of its location-tracking features starting at the end of this month. These features include Nearby Friends, Weather Alerts, Time Alerts, Location History, and Background Location. In an email t...
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Meta is still trying to learn how to polish Reels and make them favorable and fair to its creators. On May 4, the company announced new changes regarding the change in its algorithm prioritizing original content, a new monetizatio...
by Alex Atkin
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Meta has announced that just one year after its launch, Facebook is abruptly shutting down its podcasts and Soundbites platform. Confirmed in a new report by Bloomberg, Meta will be slowly shutting down Facebook’s pod...
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Social media platforms are one of the breeding grounds for fake news. This is why companies are making their own efforts to combat misinformation in different ways — tighter content moderation, newer features, better conten...
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At the height of the audio mania last year, Facebook rolled out Live Audio Rooms, Soundbites, and podcasts for users in the US. It also inked deals with creators, encouraged podcasters to join the platform, and sponsored the Podca...
by Alex Atkin
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Meta has announced that, after a surprisingly long wait, they’re finally developing a version of their metaverse platform, Horizon Worlds, for the web. Given the company’s name, Meta is obviously keenly investe...
by Alex Atkin
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Mark Zuckerberg is said to be hoping that the launch of Meta’s AR glasses will be “an iPhone moment,” so it’s safe to say that he has big plans for the fledgeling hardware. Announced last ye...
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Meta’s social virtual reality app, the Horizon Worlds, is currently testing features that permit in-world purchases of virtual items and effects, allowing creators to monetize what they are building. It had also begun testi...
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Instagram failed to act on 90% of reported abusive messages sent through direct messaging (DM) of high-profile women, research found. This shows how the platform systematically fails to protect women in spite of its claims that In...
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Access to private information, especially addresses, is one of the most severe issues on various platforms online. When used for journalism, civic activism, and other public discourse, such a bit of info can be helpful. But in ter...
by Alex Atkin
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Meta is reportedly making a new virtual currency, that’s affectionately being called “Zuck Bucks” by employees, to reward Facebook users for actually using the website. According to a new report by the F...
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Knowing that TikTok is its greatest foe these days, Meta tries to keep up with the demand of its users for more and easier access to videos. Now, it introduces “Sharing to Reels,” which will allow third-party app devel...
