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  Facebook Introduces Friends Tab Without Recommended Content as Part of 'OG' Revamp

  Facebook is launching a 'Friends' tab to display posts, stories, reels, birthdays, and friend requests from your connections, free of recommended posts. Similar to Instagram's Following and Close Friends feeds, this feature marks the first of several "OG" updates Facebook plans to introduce in the coming months, enhancing the user experience.

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  Meta Prepares for Layoffs on Monday, Circulates Internal Memo

  Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week. Employees in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands will be exempt from the cuts "due to local regulations," while those in more than a dozen other countries across Europe, Asia and Africa will receive their notifications between February 11 and February 18.

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  Facebook, X and YouTube to Do More Against Online Hate Speech, EU Says

  Meta's Facebook, Elon Musk's X, Google's YouTube and other tech companies have agreed to do more to tackle online hate speech. Compliance with the updated code could impact regulators' enforcement of the Act, EU officials said.

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  Meta Reportedly Testing X-Inspired Community Notes Feature on Threads

  Threads recently rolled out a new feature that allows users to share photos and videos from other users on the app without quoting the original post. Recently, the microblogging app revealed that it was testing a scheduled post feature. The microblogging site is now reportedly testing a Community Note feature as well. It is expected to be simila...

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  Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk

  Meta has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets. The accounts, which rely on publicly available information to track a jet’s location and CO2 emissions, among other details, were banned without warning this week after Meta updated its privacy policy.

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  Meta AI Upgraded With New Image Generation Capabilities and Support for Multiple Languages

  Meta AI received a significant update on Tuesday, expanding both its capabilities and availability. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot which is available within WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook is being expanded to more regions and is now accessible in 22 countries. The chatbot is also getting support for new languages and will be able to bo...

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  WhatsApp Channel Verification Check Mark Updated From Green to Blue to Match Facebook, Instagram

  WhatsApp Channel check marks will soon turn blue, instead of green, according to a feature tracker. As a result, an upcoming version of WhatsApp will change the green check mark to the blue one found on Meta's Instagram and Facebook platforms.

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  Instagram, Facebook to Display 'AI Info' on Posts Following Backlash Over 'Made With AI' Label

  Meta updated the artificial intelligence (AI) content detection label from “Made with AI” to “AI Info” on Monday. The announcement came just days after several influencers and photographers criticised the social media giant for incorrectly labelling their content as AI-generated. In a post, Meta stated that it found the earlier label was no...

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  Opinion | OpenAI, Apple iPad: Big Tech Is Triggering Too Many People, Too Fast

  While Apple has offended people with its new iPad ad, OpenAI has announced their latest update to ChatGPT, GPT-4o, building on the enthrallment and terror their products have unleashed in the last year and a half.

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  [Update] Instagram Down for Several Users Globally; Facebook Users Also Report Outage

  Several Instagram users are reporting an outage, and Downdetector, the website tracking real-time issues and outages, confirms it.

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  MS Dhoni's 'New Role' In 'New Season' Post Leads To Speculation Ahead of IPL

  IPL 2024: On Monday, MS Dhoni had an interesting update on his Facebook account.

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  Explained: How India Became A Republic In 1950

  Republic Day 2024: The transition from a dominion under British rule to a sovereign, democratic republic on January 26, 1950, stands as a defining moment in India's history.

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  Meta Brings Stricter Message Settings for Teens on Instagram, Facebook Messenger

  Meta has announced new restrictions to help protect teens from unwanted contact on Instagram and Facebook through stricter private message settings. Meta will enable fresh DM (direct messages) restrictions on both Facebook Messenger and Instagram for users aged under 18 years to prevent messages from people they do not follow.

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  Meta Rolls Out ‘Look and Ask With Meta AI’ Feature on Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, Announces Early Access Programme

  Meta will begin allowing select customers to put on its pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses and try out bespectacled AI-powered experiences as part of an early access programme. The Facebook parent has announced initial user tests for the smart glasses and intends to gather feedback on features ahead of release. Meta is also introducing updates to improv...

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  WhatsApp Working on Feature That Lets Android Users Share Status Updates to Instagram: Report

  WhatsApp may soon allow users to share their WhatsApp status on Instagram. The feature has not been officially confirmed yet but was spotted on a recent beta update for Android. The social media platform already allows users to share WhatsApp status updates on Facebook. Enabling the same for Instagram is said to improve the reliability and consiste...