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Facebook has become a trans-national utility, so attempts by govts to force it to do anything are pretty much a lost cause
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Now with this update, everyone using the Instagram Lite app in India will be able to view Reels with the Reels tab. This feature was expedited for India because of the traction Reels is seeing in India
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Instagram said that currently, it tries to blur out potentially triggering content in search results
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Facebook blocked Australian users from accessing and sharing news last week after the House of Representatives passed the draft law late Wednesday.
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The code, prepared by the Digital Industry Group Inc (DiGi), a non-profit industry association, will be reviewed in 12 months, reports ZDNet.
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Platform helps provide new connections, referrals and finding talent for new business opportunities
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The reputational damage and publisher exodus will eventually damage its core business: digital advertising revenue
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Now, Australia is joining France and other governments in pushing Google, Facebook and other internet giants to pay. That might channel more money to a news industry that is cutting coverage as revenue shrinks.
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"Whether it be falsehoods about the Covid-19 vaccine or debunked claims of election fraud, these online platforms have allowed misinformation to spread, intensifying national crises with real-life, grim consequences for public health and safety," Pallone said
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According to a report in The Financial Times based on unredacted filing from a 2018 lawsuit in California, some Facebook employees believed they were promoting "deeply wrong" data.
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"We've also included more information to try and address concerns we're hearing. Eventually, we'll start reminding people to review and accept these updates to keep using WhatsApp," the company said.
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The ‘stranger danger’ concept, despite the police repeatedly telling people not to trust strangers on the web, is yet to catch up, if the number of people falling prey to fraudsters on social networking sites like Facebook are any indication.
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Australia is all set to make a new ‘media code’ as a law which says Google or Facebook must pay the newsrooms or news organisations for using the news content the latter generate.
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The Australian Parliament is debating proposed laws that would make the two platforms, Facebook and Google strike deals to pay for Australian news.
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Australia’s tough stand in framing rules of engagement between traditional media outlets and tech giants has lessons for India
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The rumoured device will be powered by an open-source version of Android and would support cellular connections, meaning users wouldn't be required to pair it with a smartphone
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China shows the mirror which has created a strong social media app ecosystem and does not require even one US-based messaging/sharing or discussion-driven platform for its citizens.
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"They have come up with new differentiating privacy policy for the Europeans and different set of rules applicable to Indians," argued Divan.
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The social media giant on February 12 released a detailed statement regarding the actions undertaken to protect free speech in Myanmar.
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The smartwatch is expected to be feature loaded and would join Facebook's Oculus virtual reality headsets as well as Portal video chat devices as part of the social network's growing hardware ecosystem.