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‘A torrent of abuse’: victims pin hopes on UK online safety bill

People who have suffered from the damage the bill is trying to prevent share their stories

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive-Facebook removes more Russia posts claiming children's hospital bombing a hoax

Facebook on Wednesday removed official Russian posts that falsely claimed reports of Russia bombing a children's hospital in Ukraine were a hoax, a company spokesperson said, even as similar messages appeared on other social media platforms.

Reuters

Meta Rolls Out Parental Supervision Tools on Instagram

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc will allow parents to track how much time their children are spending on Instagram and will soon roll out parental supervision features on Quest virtual reality headsets, the company said on Wednesday. The new parental controls are part of Meta's promise to protect children using…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Why Facebook, Pinterest And Roblox Shares Are Rising Today

Shares of several gaming, streaming and social media companies, including Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Pinterest Inc (NYSE: PINS) and Roblox Corp (NYSE:

Benzinga

Facebook Joins TikTok: What Does The Move Mean For Meta's Growth?

Facebook, the social media platform owned by Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB), has signed up for a TikTok account.

Benzinga

Sonia Gandhi says social media being abused to hack democracy

Congress chief urges government to stop Facebook’s interference in electoral politics

The Hindu

Facebook users issued urgent warning to make change now or risk being locked out

A 'Facebook Protect' email which some thought was a scam is actually real - and billions could be locked out of their accounts tomorrow if they don't take action as soon as possible

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Daily Dose Ep 996: Bhagwant Mann takes oath, Sonia Gandhi on Facebook 'interference'

Tanishka Sodhi brings you the news from Punjab, Supreme Court, Maharashtra, the Parliament and the International Energy Agency.

Newslaundry

Amazon Introduces Game Replicating Metaverse to Help Users Learn Cloud Computing

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) launched an online role-playing game to help the users pick up cloud-computing skills. AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner allows the users to create their avatar who moves through a virtual city, helping its denizens solve technology-related cloud issues, CNBC reports. Also Read: Read How Facebook’s Metaverse Ambitions Are Shaping Up In Mark…

Benzinga

Mark Zuckerberg planning to launch NFTs on Instagram

As NFTs are all the rage these days, Facebook chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg is planning to let Instagram users mint non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the social media platform.

Dynamite News

Sex abuse survivor worries Facebook changes will give predators 'free rein' to target children

Facebook plans to introduce end-to-end encryption on its messaging platform, which Rhiannon-Faye McDonald will make it safer for sexual predators

Chronicle Live

Rahul attacks Facebook, says its 'worse for democracy'

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked social media giant Facebook on Wednesday and alleged that it was "worse for democracy".

Dynamite News

End Facebook interference in India's democracy: Sonia

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday urged the government to put an end to the alleged "systematic interference" of Facebook and other social media giants in India's electoral politics.

Dynamite News

Dylan Voller defamation case settlement leaves legal questions unresolved

While Voller’s case has been settled, the high court ruling on liability for third-party comments stands

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The Independent UK

Abuse survivor fears Facebook security plan will allow predators ‘free rein’

Rhiannon-Faye McDonald has written an open letter to the social media giant outlining her concerns about end-to-end encryption.

The Guardian - US

‘Game of Whac-a-Mole’: why Russian disinformation is still running amok on social media

Social media companies’ response amid war in Ukraine has been haphazard and confusing, experts say

Al Jazeera

Facebook charged BJP less for India election ads than others

The cheaper rates allow the BJP, Facebook’s largest political client in India, to reach more voters for less money.

The Independent UK

Facebook parent company Meta joins UK anti-scams initiative

The tech giant has joined Stop Scams UK, a body of businesses working to stop scammers.

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The Independent UK

Facebook angers Silicon Valley staff by axing free laundry service

Soon after social media giant recorded first ever drop in users, parent company Meta began ‘adjusting’ employee perks

Benzinga

Irish Data Watchdog, South African Competition Commission Penalize Facebook Parent Meta

Privacy watchdog Irish Data Protection Commission penalized Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) €17 million ($19 million) for failing to prevent a series of data breaches on its Facebook platform in 2018, Bloomberg reports. The breach affected up to 50 million accounts. "This fine is about record-keeping practices from 2018 that we have since updated,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Irish Watchdog Fines Meta 17 Mln Euros for Data Breach

Ireland's data regulator on Tuesday said it was imposing a 17 million euro ($18.7 million) fine on Facebook parent Meta Platforms after an inquiry into 12 data breach notifications the regulator received in 2018. The country's Data Protection Commissioner said it had found that "Meta Platforms failed to have in…

Benzinga

Meta To Hire 2K Employees Over The Next 5 Years In Spain

Facebook owner Meta Platform Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is looking to hire 2,000 people over the next five years in Spain, Reuters reports. The 2,000 employees will mainly staff the company's first 'lab,' a flexible base for its remote workers, in Madrid. Facebook will establish a Metaverse Innovation Hub with local telecoms firm Telefonica SA (NYSE:TEF). Spain…

The Independent UK

Facebook parent company hit by 17 million euro fine by Irish regulator

In a statement on Tuesday, the DPC said that it had found that Meta had breached EU data protection rules.

Bangkok Post

Activist acquitted of lese majeste

The lower court has acquitted a political activist of lese majeste and computer crime charges due to the lack of witnesses and evidence to support the allegations.

The Conversation

Russian government accounts are using a Twitter loophole to spread disinformation

In February this year, reports surfaced on Twitter and Facebook that the Ukrainian government was undertaking a mass genocide of civilians. Around the same time, conspiracy theorists began saying Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was an agent of the “New World Order”.

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