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About 1,358,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users, WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report.

On Instagram, the company received 19,311 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism. "Of these, we provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 9,476 cases," it said.

In early April, the company plans to discontinue Facebook News, a dedicated news content tab, in the US and Australia.

"Now you can simply choose a date and skip to all messages sent from that date onwards," the company said.

In January, Facebook received 29,548 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 21,060 cases.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the new features are aimed at allowing users to refine their messages on the platform.

Users have long utilized this feature to simultaneously post Stories and Reels on both Facebook and Instagram.

At the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the companies signed a tech accord to combat deceptive use of AI in 2024 elections.

The social network has identified an increasing number of accounts and pages associated with coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) from Russia. However, these accounts are not accruing as many followers as they did previously

The new feature, if rolled out, will enable users to select their favourite contacts which might appear with a specific chat filter.

"Meta stated in a blog post on Tuesday that 'Take It Down' is a program aimed at assisting teens in reclaiming control over their intimate images and preventing individuals, including scammers, ex-partners, and others, from distributing them online.

In 2024 so far, Zuckerberg has already seen his net worth increase by $14.3 billion, in movements that have put him in fifth place on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, mentioned in the fourth-quarter earnings call that Threads is experiencing steady growth.

Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports.

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

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.

The new update will mean that users will now be able to post stories from WhatsApp Web!

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a post that the company is working to extend its fact-checking programme on Threads next year

The new "view once" feature will be very handy to users intending to share sensitive, private information with friends.

The end-to-end encrypted conversations also offer additional functionality including the ability to edit messages, higher media quality and disappearing messages.