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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

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.

"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.

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.

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.

The Australian Parliament is debating proposed laws that would make the two platforms, Facebook and Google strike deals to pay for Australian news.

Australia’s tough stand in framing rules of engagement between traditional media outlets and tech giants has lessons for India

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

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.

"They have come up with new differentiating privacy policy for the Europeans and different set of rules applicable to Indians," argued Divan.

The social media giant on February 12 released a detailed statement regarding the actions undertaken to protect free speech in Myanmar.

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.

The company which currently has 1,300 employees hired over 550 people last year and witnessed a three times business growth in the pandemic-hit year.

The US should copy the new media code instead, Smith said, stressing that he and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reached out to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and explained that "even if Google wanted to leave Australia, we would stay".

The social network also blocked 6.4 million pieces of organised hate content in the October-December period from its main platform, up from 4 million in Q3.

"We've been connecting people through audio and video technologies for many years and are always exploring new ways to improve that experience for people," A Facebook spokesperson was quoted as saying in the report on Wednesday.

The Shop Pay option will first be available to Instagram users and will roll out on Facebook Shops, the social media company's platform for small businesses, in the next few weeks.

With the help of algorithm, Reels that are mostly covered by text, are blurry, have a watermark or logo, or have a border around it won't be recommended as frequently.

The internet has become a lifeline and there have been times where young people have spent the majority of their day online during homeschooling.

The social network said in a statement late on Monday that the move is taken after consultations with leading health organisations, including the WHO.