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France Celebrates Victory As Facebook Agrees To Pay Newspapers For Content
Facebook on October 21, announced that people can continue to upload and share news stories freely amongst their communities while ensuring the copyright of publishing partners is also protected. France has been fighting for two years to protect the publishing rights and revenue of its news agencies. However, Facebook has come to an agreement to pay the media entities.
Tags: Facebook, France, Social Media, World news
Courtesy: The Guardian
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Facebook Intends To Rebrand Itself With New Name: Report
According to a report published on October 19, Facebook plans to rebrand itself with a new name next week. Mark Zuckerberg intends to discuss the rebranding on October 28 at the company's annual Connect conference, although it might be announced sooner. The rebranding will likely portray Facebook's social networking app as one of many products under a parent corporation that will also supervise groups like Instagram, WhatsApp, and others.
Tags: Facebook, Social Media, Name Change, Mark Zuckerberg
Courtesy: Deccan Herald
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Instagram To Soon Launch New Features; To Keep Young Users Safe
Instagram has started developing new features to make the site more youth-friendly. Reportedly, the new features will encourage youngsters to "take a break" from Instagram and will also keep them safe from dangerous content. Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice-president of global affairs confirmed the development. Notably, after receiving harsh criticism from child-safety activists, Instagram suspended its plans to create Instagram kids for users… read-more
Tags: Instagram , Teenager, Facebook, harmful content
Courtesy: India today
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Facebook Apologizes To Global Users For Disruption In Its Services
Facebook, the owner of WhatsApp and Instagram, again apologized for the disruption in its services for users around the world on October 8. However, the company blamed the ''configuration change'' for the problems. ''We fixed the issue - thanks again for your patience this week,'' said the company. Earlier, Facebook blamed the outage that had caused inconvenience to its users for nearly six hours on October 4.
Tags: Facebook, apology, Disruption, WhatsApp, Instagram
Courtesy: BBC News
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70 Million Join Telegram When Facebook, Insta & WhatsApp Go down
Messaging app Telegram's founder Pavel Durov on October 5 revealed that we have gained over 70 million new users within hours when WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger went down a day ago. ''We welcome over 70 million refugees from other platforms in one day,'' Durov said on Telegram. Notably, Facebook said a faulty configuration led to the disruption on its platforms for nearly six hours.
Tags: Telegram, New Users, Facebook, Outage, WhatsApp, Instagram
Courtesy: Money Control
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Mark Zuckerberg Loses $7 Bln As WhatsApp, Insta & Facebook Go Down
Owing to the hours of disruption in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook on October 4, Mark Zuckerberg lost nearly $7 billion in a few hours. Following the massive loss, his position in the billionaires' list also drops down from 3rd to 5th, placing him below Bill Gates, said Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Besides, following the social media platforms that went down, Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone said, ''We apologize for any inconvenience… read-more
Tags: Billionaire, Facebook, WhatsApp, Wealth, Mark Zuckerberg
Courtesy: India.com
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Chief Of Facebook India Says, 'We Respect Indian law'
While talking to NDTV on September 25, the Chief of Facebook India made a clear stand over impartial policies Facebook enforces. Facebook was accused of refusing to take action against a BJP leader for "hate speech". Ajit Mohan categorically mentioned that the company welcomes the IT rules and will try and comply as "we have the utmost respect for Indian law".
Tags: IT Rules, Ajit Mohan, Facebook, Goverment, WhatsApp, BJP, hate speech
Courtesy: NDTV News
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Facebook To Down-Rank Objectionable Content From News Feed
Facebook has announced down-grading of content based on clickbait, sensational posts, and poor video quality to promote transparency in its operation. The decision is based on surveys and feedback received from its users. It is in response to Apple's new privacy policy of restricting digital advertisers from tracking iPhone users without their consent. Facebook warned that such a step could hurt small businesses that advertise to find new… read-more
Tags: Facebook, Wall Street Journal, News feed, Privacy, Apple
Courtesy: NDTV News
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Facebook Announces To launch Its Portal Video-Calling Device
Social Media giant Facebook is likely to launch its Portable version of the Portal video calling devices. Reportedly, the company is looking forward to entering the digital device market after the launch. According to the reports, the portal device will cost around $199 (USD). However, the first line of the device was launched in 2018. Moreover, the company is planning to add the Microsoft Team's feature to the device.
Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Video Conferencing
Courtesy: ItNews
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Russian Court Demands Facebook, Twitter & Telegram To Pay Heavy Fines
Russian District court Tagansky on Sept 14 has heavily fined US tech giants Facebook, Twitter, and Telegram for the delay in removing "illegal" content from their site. Reportedly, Facebook was fined about $21 million, Twitter about $5 million, and Telegram about $9 million. So far, none of the Tech giants have responded regarding the fines. This move is seen as a crackdown on the internet by Russia.
Tags: Russia, Tech giant fined, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram
Courtesy: The Hindu
