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Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, mentioned in the fourth-quarter earnings call that Threads is experiencing steady growth.
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Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports.
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Meta's new feature aims for teens to log off after 10 minutes on Reels or Direct Messages late at night, promoting healthier sleep habits
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Meanwhile, Meta has announced that it will start to hide more types of age-inappropriate content for teens on Instagram and Facebook, in line with expert guidance.
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The new update will mean that users will now be able to post stories from WhatsApp Web!
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a post that the company is working to extend its fact-checking programme on Threads next year
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The new "view once" feature will be very handy to users intending to share sensitive, private information with friends.
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The end-to-end encrypted conversations also offer additional functionality including the ability to edit messages, higher media quality and disappearing messages.
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The company gave no reason for the move but it may be related to Europes Digital Markets Act (DMA) that requires big tech companies to offer interoperability between messaging platforms.
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In October, Russian authorities classified Meta as a "terrorist and extremist" organization, opening the way for possible criminal proceedings against Russian residents using its platforms.
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WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new secret code feature for locked chats on Android to some beta testers
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Chinese videogame maker Tencent has agreed to start selling a new headset from Meta, cheaper than Quest 3, late next year, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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According to TechCrunch, Meta has introduced a new feature enabling users to connect their Facebook and Instagram accounts to Amazon, enabling them to make purchases by clicking on promotions in their feeds.
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Advertisers will now have to disclose whenever political ads contain a photorealistic image or video, or realistic sounding audio, that was digitally created or altered to depict a real person as saying or doing something they did not say or do.
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Creators will earn based on the number of reels plays and photo views they receive during the bonus period, as long as the content passes Content Monetisation Policies.
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Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record 71 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of September, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.
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WhatsApp, which has over 500 million users in India, received another record 10,442 complaint reports in September in the country, and the records "actioned" were 85
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Meta registered $34 billion in revenue in its third quarter, up 23 per cent from the same quarter last year
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Instagram's Threads has reached almost 100 million monthly users, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced
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Meta-owned Instagram is testing a feed that will only allow posts from paid verified users
