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Mark Zuckerberg vs Elon Musk 'cage fight': What the two billionaires said

"I've always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it," Zuckerberg said during a recent podcast interview with Lex Fridman

Meta Verified launched in India: Check its price, other details here

The new subscription-based model is intended to provide secure services and authentication for its users

Meta introduces AI model for 'Voicebox' to revolutionise speech generation

Meta has developed a cutting-edge generative AI model 'Voicebox', designed to revolutionise the field of speech generation

Facebook, Instagram suffer global outage for more than 2 hours again

Earlier this month, Instagram briefly went down for thousands of users globally, including in India, after it faced a technical issue that impacted its services

WhatsApp working on feature that will allow access to multiple accounts

Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a multi-account feature on Android which will allow users to access multiple accounts from the same device

Meta expands 'performance bonuses' on Facebook for creators to earn more

Meta has introduced extra bonuses for creators to earn more in its 'Performance bonus programme' that rewards creators for garnering strong engagement with their content on Facebook

Meta rolling out AI chatbot trained on internal data to employees

When considering how to power the chatbot, Meta had discussions with Microsoft and OpenAI, but it decided to employ a separate, in-house model

After mass layoffs, Mark Zuckerberg plans to reboot Meta's culture

He told Meta employees how he planned to get the company back on track

Zuckerberg plans to integrate AI into 'into every single' Meta platform

With the soaring success of ChatGPT and other AI platforms, Meta is also planning to enter the domain

Mark Zuckerberg announces WhatsApp Channels: What is it, how does it work

WhatsApp Channels will first be available in Colombia and Singapore. It will gradually be available in more countries, including India, over the coming months

Meta rolls out verified account service in India for Rs 699 per month

Social media giant Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has started verified service in India at a monthly subscription price of Rs 699 for mobile apps, the company said on Wednesday. Meta is planning to roll out verified service on the web in the coming months at a subscription price of Rs 599 per month. "Meta Verified is available for direct purchase on Instagram or Facebook in India starting today. People can purchase a monthly subscription for Rs 699 on iOS and Android. In the coming months, we'll also introduce a web purchase option for Rs 599 a month," the company said in a statement. For a verified account subscription, Facebook and Instagram users will need to verify their account with a government ID. The verified account will provide impersonation protections and account support. "We're expanding our test of Meta Verified to India after seeing good results from our early testing in several countries globally. We'll also continue honouring verified badges th

Competition Commission of India lens on Big Tech as Apple probe nears end

The new Chairperson, Ravneet Kaur, along with other members, is expected to take up the matter in their meeting soon, along with several other pending cases against Big Tech companies

Facebook took action on 41% individual grievances, Instagram on 54%

Social media giant Meta's Facebook took action against 41 per cent of complaints it received from users and Instagram against over 54 per cent of grievances raised by users in April 2023, according to the company's latest India Monthly Report. As per the category-wise information disclosed by Meta, Facebook "actioned on" less than one-fourth grievances of users where they claimed that the content is showing them in partial nudity or in a sexual act. In the case of Instagram, the platform actioned on less than one-third of users' reports it received for violation of its policy on "content showing me in nudity/partial nudity or in a sexual act". Meta transparency report shows the other categories of report, on which Facebook action rate was less than a quarter of percentage, included grievances raised by users for "bullying or harassment" (over 17 per cent), "inappropriate or abusive content" (around 18 per cent) and fake profiles (over 23 per cent). Facebook received a total 8,470 .

African court blocks sacking of content moderators, holds Meta liable

The court also directed that moderators' contracts be extended and also barred Meta and Sama from sacking them

Meta-owned WhatsApp fined by Russia for not removing banned content: Report

WhatsApp's parent company Meta Inc was banned in Russia in 2022 after it was termed as an 'extremist' organisation

Meta purges over 33 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in April in India

These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc, said Meta

Meta threatens to block news on FB, Instagram if California bill passes

Meta has threatened to pull news from Facebook and Instagram if California's Journalism Preservation Act passes through

Customers in UK fall victim to FB, Insta shopping scams every 7 min: Report

According to the study, clothes, trainers, gaming consoles, and mobile phones were among the most commonly falsely advertised items

Meta offers to limit use of ad data to address UK competition concerns

The CMA said it was minded to accept the commitments, which include advertisers being able to opt out of allowing their data

TMSEp441: 9 yrs of Modi, EU's Meta fine, LIC stock, Sengol

How do nine years of Modi govt stack up? What does EU's Meta fine mean for big tech in India? Will LIC stock become a wealth creator for investors? What is Sengol? All answers here