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Meta is India's largest media company: A look at the ten big firms in 2022

A look at the ten big media firms in the financial year ending 2022

A banker turned tech maven: Meet Sandhya Devanathan, Meta India head

Devanathan takes over the India operations after the previous incumbent, Ajit Mohan, resigned to join social media company Snap Inc

Meta rolls out new privacy updates for teens on Instagram, Facebook

It also created a number of tools for teens to inform the company if something makes them feel uncomfortable while using the applications

Meta introduces new privacy features for protecting its young users

All those under age 16 (or under 18 in some countries) will be defaulted into more private settings when they join Facebook, Meta says

Meta fires staff for hijacking Facebook, Instagram accounts: Report

According to The Wall Street Journal, some offenders used Meta's account recovery software, 'Oops,' and even took thousands of dollars in bribes from those seeking access.

WhatsApp India boss Abhijit Bose, Meta India public policy head quit

This development comes close on the heels of Meta laying off 11,000 employees worldwide, or about 13 per cent of its workforce, as it battles faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes

Twitter's current travails with advertisers bring focus on brand safety

Focused approach to media targeting, using third-party verification tools among measures advertisers are adopting

Instagram brings native scheduling tool, achievements feature for creators

Scheduling tool allows creators and businesses to schedule photos, reels and carousel posts up to 75 days in advance directly from the app

Meta Platforms' India staffers on edge over layoff media reports

The global tech giant is struggling, but its India unit is performing rather well

Brand Kohli is in top form as the cricketer celebrates his 34th birthday

On Wednesday, the star cricketer became the highest run-scorer in the history of the ICC T20 World Cup, going past Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene

Ajit Mohan quits as head of Meta India; Manish Chopra interim chief

Meta Platforms announced that Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of its India unit has stepped down from his role to pursue another opportunity outside of the company

Meta to test ways to make & sell NFTs on Instagram to both fans, collectors

Meta has announced to test ways to buy and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to fans and collectors both on and off Instagram

Paid Twitter blue ticks? A look at the origin of social media verification

Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that Twitter users would have to 'buy' their verification blue ticks for $8 per month

Instagram fixes outage that tells users their account is suspended

Twitter was also trending with hashtag #InstagramDown, as hundreds of users experienced similar issues logging in to their accounts

Instagram suffers global outage, second in one week; users report issues

Twitter is also trending with hashtag #InstagramDown, as hundreds were experiencing similar issues logging in to their accounts

Instagram down for several users, days after global WhatsApp outage

According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, at the peak of the outage, over 7,000 users reported being unable to log in

Kohli posts leaked video of his hotel room, asks people to respect privacy

In the video, titled 'King Kohli's Hotel Room', a man is seen walking around the room in Perth showing Kohli's personal belongings

Instagram users report problems with server connection, logging in

50 per cent users said they were facing issues with logging in, while 33 per cent reported issues with server connection and another 17 percent have issues with app

Meta's Instagram reaches 2 billion users, closing in on Facebook

The company disclosed the number during an otherwise-gloomy earnings report Wednesday, when a shaky ad market clouded Meta's forecast and sent its shares tumbling

Meta slams Apple for 'undercutting others' with change in App Store terms

Apple's policy change, disclosed this week, requires users and advertisers to make an in-app purchase when they pay to "boost" posts in apps like TikTok and Meta's Instagram