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Meta To Delay Taking Commission From Creators On Facebook, Instagram Until 2024
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that the organization will "hold off on any revenue sharing on Facebook and Instagram until 2024." In accordance with this decision, Facebook and Instagram will receive a part of the revenue from services including fan subscriptions, premium events, badges, and the company's newsletter service. Instagram and Facebook will broaden the eligibility for their Reels incentive program, enabling artists to monetize… read-more
Tags: Facebook, meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram , content creators
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Sheryl Sandberg Resigns As Chief Operating Officer Of Meta Platforms Inc
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Meta Platforms Inc, announced her resignation in a Facebook post on June 1. The statement originally pushed the social network company's stock down 4%, but it was flat in after-hours trading. Chief Growth Officer Javier Olivan will take over as Chief Operating Officer. Sandberg has been with Meta for over 14 years and has overseen teams responsible for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger… read-more
Tags: sheryl sandberg, Facebook, meta, COO, Resignation
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Delhi Police Reach Jaipur To Detain Minister Mahesh Joshi's Son In Rape Case
Delhi Police team arrived at Jaipur to apprehend Rohit Joshi, son of Rajasthan Minister Mahesh Joshi, in association with a rape charge leveled against him by a 23-year-old woman. "Our teams are conducting a search to locate and trace him," said a police officer. She met Rohit Joshi on Facebook and claimed that he raped her on many occasions over a year. Delhi Police registered the case on May 8.
Tags: Delhi Police, Jaipur, rape, rape charges, Facebook
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Facebook, Google, And Other IT Firms Demand Texas Social Media Law To Be Suspended
Lobbying organizations for Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other technology corporations filed an emergency plea with the US Supreme Court seeking to overturn a Texas law that forbids big social media platforms from excluding users based on their political beliefs. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed it into law in September. US District Judge Robert Pitman determined that the measure would violate the free expression rights of… read-more
Tags: Facebook, Texas, USA, US Supreme Court, Law
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Indian Govt To Summon Social Media Platforms For Anti-Competitive Practices
Amid anti-competitive practices by social media platforms, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance conducted a meeting and decided to summon social media platforms. On April 28, the committee said, representatives of Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Amazon, Flipkart, and Microsoft are likely to be summoned. The decision came after Tesla CEO Elon Musk took over Twitter. Notably, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) presented a… read-more
Tags: Social Media, Indian government, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
Courtesy: The Free Press Journal
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Meta Unblocks Hashtags For Bucha Killings: Russia-Ukraine War
Hashtags for Bucha killings, outside Kyiv in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war by Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram was unblocked on April 4. The hashtags were briefly blocked by social media owing to it's an automated system of blocking violent content. However, after knowing about the same, the officials immediately unblocked the hashtags. Meanwhile, Bucha killing massacre, led to further sanction against Moscow. However, Russia denied… read-more
Tags: Russia, Ukraine, Instagram , Facebook, Social Media
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Meta To Bring Parental Supervision Features In Instagram
Meta Platforms Inc will soon introduce parental supervision features for Instagram to track how long their children are using the app, the company said on March 16. The decision has come after a leaked data suggested that teenage girls are prone to getting body image problems. The new feature will allow the parents to supervise who their children follow and set time limits.
Tags: Instagram , meta, Facebook, parental guidance, supervision
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Social Media Influence Threat To Democracy: Sonia Gandhi
During the Lok Sabha session on March 16, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi addressed Lok Sabha and said, social media platforms are negatively impacting democracy and politics of India. She said, "global companies like Facebook and Twitter are used increasingly to shape political narratives by leaders, parties and their proxies". Gandhi blamed the social media for filling young minds with hatred and demanded curbs to be implemented.… read-more
Tags: Sonia Gandhi, Congress, Facebook, Twitter, parliament
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Facebook, Instagram To Allow Violence Posts Against Invasion Of Ukraine
Facebook and Instagram are devised to allow any speech about violence against Russia regards the invasion of Ukraine, on March 11. As per other news agency, it was reported that US companies will allow posts for death to President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in countries like Ukraine, Russia and Poland. This decision was made after Russia blocked access to Facebook after the inflammatory speeches against… read-more
Tags: Russia, Ukraine-Russia, Facebook, Instagram , US
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Facebook Bans Russian Media To Earn From the Platform
Meta (previously Facebook) had called off Russia to switch their services after there were warnings from the authorities to not use it for fact-checkers and content warning labels on the platform. On February 25, Facebook restricted Russia's ability to earn money from the platform. This is all due to Moscow's futile invasion of Ukraine as the war between the two nations intensified.
Tags: Facebook Pay, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine-Russia, Facebook
Courtesy: The Hindu
