A Russian court banned Facebook and Instagram in the country. Thus, the decision comes after the judges named Meta “extremist,” according to the TASS news agency. Court announced the ban short time ago. The decision comes after Russia banned Facebook, arguing…
Instagram Kids represents a real threat, according to over 40 state attorneys general in the U.S. They signed a letter to pressure Mark Zuckerberg stop the project. In the letter, they say that “Facebook has historically failed to protect the welfare of children on its…
Following the Instagram for kids project, lawmakers show their concern about Facebook’s plan. Four Democratic lawmakers ask some technical questions about the project. Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal, together with Representatives Kathy Castor and Lori Trahan…
Facebook would come with a safe version of Instagram, for children under 13. The information appeared in a blog post, as a result of publishing “a new Parents Guide.” The Child Mind Institute and ConnectSafely involved in the development of the guide. Instagram…
A new TikTok competitor comes from Instagram, the company announced. The video-sharing feature – Reels, is going to be available in the United States and fifty other countries. The announcement comes just one week after the company started testing the platform in India.
Facebook is expanding its fact-checking program on Instagram globally. This is to help combat the rising amount of misinformation.
The company started working in May with third-party fact-checkers in the US. If they consider the content as false, Instagram labels it as such.
The company owned by Mark Zuckerberg admitted to having stored passwords of millions of Instagram users.
The plaintext passwords for millions of Instagram users, along with millions of Facebook users, were accessible to some of the Facebook engineers, who according to the…
Russia fines Google 11 million roubles, which means over $137,000. The judge mentioned that the fine comes as the platform failed to delete what he called “fake” information about the war in Ukraine. Moreover, the court said that YouTube did not remove video produced by…
Meta decided to block hashtags related to images showing dead civilians in Ukraine, on Facebook and Instagram. The automated systems scan for violent images of civilians shot at close range and remove them. Afterwards, the company revised those Restricted hashtags A…
Meta announced it filed a lawsuit against two individuals from Nigeria, for scams on Facebook. The suit is a joint action with the Chime, a digital banking company. The first joint action against scams on Facebook This is the first joint complaint that Meta files with…