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NOYB Raises Concerns Over Meta's Privacy Policy Changes

An X user claimed that WhatsApp exports user data every night for analysis and targeted advertising, turning users into products rather than customers.

Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, unveiled this latest update in a post on Threads on Wednesday.

In a post, a follower of Musk raised concerns, noting that while running campaigns on both X and Meta, most conversions were credited to Meta, with X reporting minimal conversions

Groups within a WhatsApp Community now have the capability to organize events, streamlining the process of gathering both in physical spaces and virtually

In its latest quarterly results, the division of Mark Zuckerberg's company focused on AR/VR, known as Reality Labs, sustained ongoing losses.

During an earnings call with analysts, Meta's Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted that Instagram, reels, and video content remain key drivers of engagement. He noted that reels alone now constitute 50 percent of the time spent within the app.

Website outage tracking website Downdetector showed more than one lakh reports of Facebook being down, and the number was increasing

The talk of the much-anticipated cage fight initially started when Musk in June last year replied to a tweet about the news that Meta was releasing a Twitter (now X) competitor.

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.