It will allow people to save important messages from a chat even when they have turned on the 'disappearing messages' feature
A $725 million settlement was approved by a California judge between Meta and Facebook users
The social media platform has long restricted users from adding external links to their accounts
"So many of the employees feel like they're in limbo right now," said Erin Sumner, a global director of human resources at DeleteMe, who was laid off from Facebook in November
After laying off 21,000 employees in two job cut rounds, Meta (formerly Facebook) is further looking to cut costs, and has reportedly plans lower bonus payouts for some workers
The social media company aims to position WhatsApp as a platform with a fully end-to-end encrypted messaging experience that allows cross-platform communication
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced two new updates for groups on WhatsApp -- new controls for admins, and easily see groups in common
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of WhatsApp parent Meta, introduced the features on his Instagram Broadcast channel
During an internal meeting with employees, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told employees the economic climate of layoffs and restructuring could last many years
Analysis of performance data suggests that engineers who either joined Meta in-person and then transferred to remote or remained in-person performed better on average than people who joined remotely
"No one wakes up thinking they want to maximize the number of times they open Instagram that day," one Meta employee wrote in 2021. "But that's exactly what our product teams are trying to do."
The imminent round of cuts is being driven by financial targets and is separate from the "flattening," said the people, who asked not to be identified
Meta has launched some new "creative expression" features for creators on Facebook, including the ability to create Reels of up to 90 seconds which were earlier limited to only 60 seconds
"Any strategy to invite young users into a digital space rife with potential harms should not be driven by a goal to maximise profit," the senators wrote
He further explained that in the short term, the company will focus on building creative and expressive tools
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is increasing its pretax spending on Zuckerberg's personal security to $14 million in 2023
Creators can now search comments by keywords including emojis, commenter names and date on their posts
He also mentioned that there are now more than 200 applications on the company's virtual reality (VR) devices that have made more than $1 million in revenue
After laying off 11,000 employees, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg now wants 2023 to be the "year of efficiency"
The company reported a revenue of $32.17 billion for the fourth quarter (down four per cent Y-o-Y) and $116.61 billion for the full year