WhatsApp gets its own Instagram Notes-like feature
WhatsApp users can now share their status with others through a new “About” feature.
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With upcoming ban, Meta begins to notify Australian teens that their accounts will be shut down
When the ban goes into effect on December 10, Meta will revoke account access for users under the age of 16 in Australia.
Meta is not a monopolist, judge rules
Meta won a landmark antitrust battle with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled it has not monopolized the social media market at the center of the case. US District Court Judge James Boasberg wrote that Meta had not unfairly cornered a market on “personal social networking,” a category that includes […]
Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators from having their work stolen
On Monday, Meta introduced Facebook content protection, a mobile tool designed to detect when a creator’s original reels posted to Facebook are being used without their permission. The new tool extends to Instagram too.
WhatsApp to launch third-party chat integration in Europe soon
Users in Europe who have opted in to the third-party integration will be able to share messages, images, voice messages, videos and files.
Meta must rein in scammers — or face consequences
Meta, the largest social media company in the world, knowingly makes billions from scam ads, recent reporting on the company says. According to internal documents revealed by Reuters, users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp see 15 billion ads a day promoting scams, from fake Trump stimulus checks to deepfakes of Elon Musk hawking cryptocurrency. The […]
The Meta Quest 3S is $50 off and comes with a $50 gift card and a game
You don’t have to wait two more weeks to pick up a great gadget as a gift; early Black Friday deals are in full swing. Case in point: Best Buy is offering the 128GB Meta Quest 3S for $249 ($50 off) along with a $50 gift card and a copy of The Walking Dead: Saints […]
WhatsApp is launching third-party chat integration in Europe
Meta is on the cusp of launching third-party integration with WhatsApp in Europe — something that’s required by the Digital Markets Act (DMA). It’s rolling out “over the coming months” with WhatsApp’s level of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) maintained. Meta says that BirdyChat and Haiket will be the first third-party services to implement messaging interoperability with WhatsApp. No, we haven’t […]
Facebook Marketplace gets new collaborative and social features, Meta AI integrations
Meta is testing collaborative buying to let users invite a friend to join their chat with a seller.