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Meta to Allow Rival Ads Providers to List on Facebook Marketplace After EU Antitrust Fine
Meta Platforms will allow rival classified ads service providers to post listings of their ads on Facebook Marketplace. Calling it the Facebook Marketplace Partner Progam, Meta said the scheme is a response to the EU competition watchdog even as it challenged the fine in court.
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Instagram Says Services Back Up After Outage Hits Thousands Globally
Meta-owned Instagram said its services were back online after thousands of users experienced technical issues accessing its platform on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
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Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition
Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.
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Meta Fined EUR 798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance
The European Commission ordered Meta to stop tying its classified-ads service to Facebook’s sprawling social media platform, and refrain from imposing unfair trading conditions on rival second-hand goods platforms.
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Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
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Meta To Face Lawsuits In Japan Over Fake Ads
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. will face fresh lawsuits in Japan over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investment funds with fake endorsements from celebrities, local media reported.
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EU Presses Meta On Transparency Plans After Scraping Disinformation Tracker
The EU on Friday formally requested that Meta detail steps it is taking on transparency after the Facebook and Instagram owner scrapped a widely-used tool for tracking disinformation online.
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Massive Youtube Glitch Reported In Russia, Thousands Affected
Russian internet monitoring service Sboi.rf said that there had been thousands of glitches reported about YouTube in Russia. Users said they could only access YouTube via virtual private networks (VPNs).
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Facebook Apologises For Mistakenly Censoring Iconic Photo Of Bleeding Donald Trump
Meta's director of public affairs, Dani Lever, clarified the mistake and apologized, stating that fact-checkers had confirmed the original image's accuracy.
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Meta Rolls Out 'Verified Subscription' Plans In India - Range: Rs 639 To Rs 21,000
Meta today introduced verified subscription plans for businesses on Facebook and Instagram in India.
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Meta Charged by EU for Breaching Tech Rules With Its Pay or Consent Advertising Model
Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.
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Meta's Collaboration With UP Police Help Prevent 457 Suicides In 1.5 Years
A collaboration between Meta, which owns social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, and the Uttar Pradesh Police has prevented a total of 457 people from committing suicide during nearly 1.5 years, an official statement said.
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Meta Took Down Over 17 Million Objectionable Content In India In April
Meta said that it took down over 11.6 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.4 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in April.
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EU Launches Probe Into Facebook, Instagram Over Child Safety Risks
The EU today opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram on suspicion the platforms owned by Meta are causing addictive behaviour in children.
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Meta Introduces New AI Features to Help Create Ad Creatives for Businesses
Meta is introducing a new set of artificial intelligence (AI) features for businesses to help them automate and improve the process of creating ad creatives. Meta’s new AI features are powered by the third generation of its Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI) AI models and are designed to help its enterprise customers easily promote products and...
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Meta to Allow Rival Ads Providers to List on Facebook Marketplace After EU Antitrust Fine
Meta Platforms will allow rival classified ads service providers to post listings of their ads on Facebook Marketplace. Calling it the Facebook Marketplace Partner Progam, Meta said the scheme is a response to the EU competition watchdog even as it challenged the fine in court.
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Instagram Says Services Back Up After Outage Hits Thousands Globally
Meta-owned Instagram said its services were back online after thousands of users experienced technical issues accessing its platform on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
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Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition
Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.
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Meta Fined EUR 798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance
The European Commission ordered Meta to stop tying its classified-ads service to Facebook’s sprawling social media platform, and refrain from imposing unfair trading conditions on rival second-hand goods platforms.
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Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
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Meta To Face Lawsuits In Japan Over Fake Ads
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. will face fresh lawsuits in Japan over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investment funds with fake endorsements from celebrities, local media reported.
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EU Presses Meta On Transparency Plans After Scraping Disinformation Tracker
The EU on Friday formally requested that Meta detail steps it is taking on transparency after the Facebook and Instagram owner scrapped a widely-used tool for tracking disinformation online.
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Massive Youtube Glitch Reported In Russia, Thousands Affected
Russian internet monitoring service Sboi.rf said that there had been thousands of glitches reported about YouTube in Russia. Users said they could only access YouTube via virtual private networks (VPNs).
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Facebook Apologises For Mistakenly Censoring Iconic Photo Of Bleeding Donald Trump
Meta's director of public affairs, Dani Lever, clarified the mistake and apologized, stating that fact-checkers had confirmed the original image's accuracy.
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Meta Rolls Out 'Verified Subscription' Plans In India - Range: Rs 639 To Rs 21,000
Meta today introduced verified subscription plans for businesses on Facebook and Instagram in India.
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Meta Charged by EU for Breaching Tech Rules With Its Pay or Consent Advertising Model
Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.
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Meta's Collaboration With UP Police Help Prevent 457 Suicides In 1.5 Years
A collaboration between Meta, which owns social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, and the Uttar Pradesh Police has prevented a total of 457 people from committing suicide during nearly 1.5 years, an official statement said.
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Meta Took Down Over 17 Million Objectionable Content In India In April
Meta said that it took down over 11.6 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.4 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in April.
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EU Launches Probe Into Facebook, Instagram Over Child Safety Risks
The EU today opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram on suspicion the platforms owned by Meta are causing addictive behaviour in children.
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Meta Introduces New AI Features to Help Create Ad Creatives for Businesses
Meta is introducing a new set of artificial intelligence (AI) features for businesses to help them automate and improve the process of creating ad creatives. Meta’s new AI features are powered by the third generation of its Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI) AI models and are designed to help its enterprise customers easily promote products and...
