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It would be roughly the same magnitude as the 13 per cent cut to its workforce last year, the report said late on Friday.

To be rolled out in Australia and New Zealand this week initially

Did you always want a blue tick on your Instagram and Facebook accounts? You will now be able to pay to get the verified badge on your socials.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on the social networking platform with his own "Meta Channel."

After firing 11,000 employees in November last year, Meta (formerly Facebook) is reportedly planning to reduce headcount further in its "year of efficiency".

Users will be able to select a title, date and time for their call, making sure that everyone in the group is aware of when it will take place, reports WABetaInfo.

The feature is useful as it will allow users to pin important messages to the top of the chat, reports WABetaInfo.

With the new feature, it will be possible to create a calling shortcut by just tapping the contact cell within the list of contacts, reports WABetaInfo.

Meta-owned app’s latest feature makes the app useful for a whole new community of users, even the ones that predominantly are non-English speakers.

At present, images shared via WhatsApp get compressed, resulting in grainy photos. As per the report, the messaging app plans to add a new setting icon within the drawing tool header.

In a statement, the Coalition urged the Indian government to conduct wider stakeholder consultations to ensure that any new legislative proposals meet international best practices, are evidence-based

Between November 1-30, Facebook received 889 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and the company said it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 511 cases.

Everyone faced the situation when they sent a message to the wrong person or group and accidentally clicked on 'Delete for me' instead of Delete for Everyone', leaving them in an uncomfortable position, the company said in a statement.

These accounts were focused on collecting data of people in Myanmar, India, Taiwan, the US and China, including military personnel, pro-democracy activists, government employees, politicians and journalists.

Meta has reportedly shut down its Connectivity division almost 10 years after launching the initiative.

The feature appeared to some users after installing the latest WhatsApp Desktop update, reports WABetaInfo.

The messaging platform also redesigned eight emojis which are already visible in the beta version, reports WABetaInfo.

It is a 1:1 chat with yourself to send notes, reminders, and updates, the company said in a statement.

The mute shortcut will display at the top of group chats and will help users to disable notifications of messages received in the group, reports WABetaInfo.

India stands second in line only after the US in terms of asking Meta to provide user data in the first half of this year.