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Social media company Facebook suspended 16,000 accounts for selling or buying fake reviews of products and services on its platforms, after the Britain’s competition watchdog intervened for the second time, the regulator said. US-based Facebook also made further changes to detect, remove, and prevent paid content which could mislead users on its platforms, including popular

Facebook is bringing Zoom and GoToMeeting call support to the Portal TV, thereby allowing you to enjoy video calls on the biggest screen in your home. The company added GoToMeeting and Zoom video calls support to its Portal smart displays a few months ago and is now bringing the same feature to Portal TV. Smart Camera and

WhatsApp has a bunch of keyboard shortcuts for WhatsApp Web and desktop app users. Several actions like mark as unread, mute chat, delete chat, new chat, pin/ unpin support cheat codes that PC or laptop users can take advantage of while using the messaging platform. The company has listed different shortcuts for Mac and Windows

The Twitterverse has gotten ever so slightly less chaotic with the lack of Donald Trump’s presence. Amidst all the discussion of if, when, and how the former US president will return to social media is a bit of friction between Twitter and the agency that maintains the National Archives. Twitter Won’t Help NARA Archive Trump’s Banned Account

WhatsApp has now enabled businesses to create and manage their catalogue from WhatsApp Web or desktop clients — adding to the same functionality that was available on mobile devices earlier. The instant messaging app owned by Facebook has also introduced the ability to let business users hide items from their catalogue that are unavailable and

Payment companies are always looking to simplify the process of getting money from one user to the other, and Facebook is no different. The social media giant is currently experimenting with QR codes that let you pay someone else with a single scan from their phone. Facebook’s Foray Into QR Payments If you’re wondering why

Tim Cook has been with Apple for 23 years and served as its chief executive officer for nearly a decade, but he used a new podcast appearance to suggest that some kind of an eventual change may be on the horizon. “I feel great right now. And the date’s not in sight,” the 60-year-old told

Instagram is a helpful tool when you develop a good relationship with it. But for many, opening the Instagram app soon leads to feelings of anxiety or worse. If you continue mindlessly using the platform and not thinking about the consequences, your mental health could take a nosedive. Creating a positive relationship with Instagram is

Russia said on Monday it would extend a punitive slowdown of Twitter until May 15 though it acknowledged the US social media company had speeded up deletion of banned content. Moscow has traditionally taken a more hands-off role in policing the Internet than neighbouring China. But as friction has grown this year over the arrest and

Periscope, a service that played a major role in catapulting mobile live streaming to the forefront, is shutting down for good. In December 2020, Twitter had announced its decision to close Periscope by March 2021. Periscope Is Unsustainable Back in December 2020, via the Periscope Medium blog, Twitter stated that the “Periscope app is in an

witter is a popular social media platform for important conversations and announcements. Most businesses and people use Twitter to make announcements and share life updates, using its microblogging format. While Twitter lets you have open conversation threads through tweets, it also offers a direct message (DM) feature to connect with people more privately. Twitter DMs

In a shocking turn of events, a ton of user data that had been stolen from Facebook in 2019 has resurfaced. And this time, it’s available to just about anyone with rudimentary data skills. Half a Billion Facebook Users’ Data Reemerges Online On Saturday, the personal data of 533 million Facebook accounts was released online

A court in Moscow on Friday fined Twitter for not taking down calls encouraging minors to take part in unauthorized rallies, the latest in a series of moves against the social media giant that has been used to amplify dissent in Russia. The court found Twitter guilty on three counts of violating regulations on restricting

Facebook is expanding the Facebook Gaming Partnership Program to 15 more countries, including Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, and more. The partnership program will allow game streamers to enjoy additional support, gain early access invites, and pave the way towards monetizing their streams. Facebook Gaming Partnership Comes to 15 More Countries To be eligible to apply for

Papua New Guinea’s health minister on Thursday called disinformation spread on Facebook the “biggest challenge” to efforts to curb the rampant spread of COVID-19 in the poor Pacific nation. Jelta Wong said “dangerous” posts and anti-vax conspiracy theories were hampering the drive to get people to seek treatment and testing for the disease as infection

TikTok can suck you in for hours at a time. You may log in at 9am for a quick scroll to go with your morning coffee, and find yourself still in front of it four hours later. But other people’s videos are not the only fascinating thing about TikTok. It also has endless filters and

A high court in Pakistan said the country’s telecommunications authority can lift a block on social media app TikTok, after government officials said the company was working with them on monitoring what they called “immoral” content. The head of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) told the court in a hearing on Thursday in Peshawar that

The removal of Donald Trump’s presence from the most populated spaces on the internet has sparked quite the debate around the world. Everyone’s talking about free speech, censorship, and the privileges of world leaders online (and if they should even have any). While Trump no longer has his own Facebook page, he briefly returned to the platform

Facebook said it was taking steps to combat hate speech and misinformation in India as the world’s biggest democracy started its months-long multi-phase elections in four big states. “We recognise that there are certain types of content, such as hate speech, that could lead to imminent, offline harm,” the social networking giant said in a

You’ve probably heard of Clubhouse by now: the invite-only voice chat app for iOS that’s become so popular that every other major social media platform is trying to copy it. Clubhouse surpassed 13 million downloads (says App Annie) in time for its first anniversary, which was almost two weeks ago on March 17. Considering the more business-focused

The Kremlin said Tuesday it hopes Moscow will not be forced to block Western tech giants in the country but stressed that the companies had to abide by Russian law. Russian authorities have in recent months ramped up pressure on foreign social media platforms, particularly those hosting content supporting jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. “No

If you like to pass the time watching Facebook stories, you’ve probably found yourself trying to watch them in a public area without headphones and struggled. Those days may soon be over, as Facebook is working on automatic captions for Stories. Making Facebook Stories More Accessible With Automatic Captions More accessibility is always a good

Facebook has removed the Instagram accounts with which Welsh internationals Rabbi Matondo and Ben Cabango were racially abused following the 1-0 win over Mexico on Saturday. Facebook owns Instagram and acted a few hours after Matondo had slammed the social media platform, accusing Instagram of doing nothing about racist abuse. The Stoke City winger and

Audio chat app Clubhouse exploded onto the scene in April 2020, and its popularity caused a domino effect of other social media apps pushing out similar features. Twitter was one of these apps, with its release of Spaces. Spaces Won’t Be Mobile-Only for Much Longer Noah Jorgensen, senior software engineer at Twitter, shared screenshots on

Audio-based social networking has become the hottest trend in the world right now, and to cash in on the virality, Twitter has introduced audio chat rooms called Spaces within the app. Twitter Spaces is almost like talking to people in real-time via voice notes. It lets you join, listen, and speak. These Spaces are public,

You can message anyone on WhatsApp, as long as their number is saved in your address book. If you don’t have the person’s number saved in your contacts, WhatsApp makes it difficult to text them. This can be annoying if you want to contact someone just once, such as a courier delivery person who’s unable

Social network Facebook and its messaging app have been down in Bangladesh since Friday, the US tech giant said on Saturday, as protesters oppose Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two day visit to the country. Four people were killed on Friday after police opened fire after protesters allegedly attacked a police station in the Bangladeshi city

Have you ever come across a video on TikTok where the person is talking directly at you and making you a part of their imaginary conversation? In YouTube videos, creators usually talk to us as a part of a tutorial, or as they explore a phenomenon, but this is something different. This specific trend on TikTok, called

Facebook has launched Holi-themed Avatar stickers at the onset of the festival of colours. These stickers are live in the Facebook app and Facebook Messenger as well.  Facebook says that more than four million people in India have made over 6.6 million posts and comments about Holi on the social media platform. These new

Founded in 2007, Avaaz is a US-based, nonprofit campaigning organization that aims to shift worldwide attention to pressing social and political issues. The organization’s latest analysis has presented some… interesting data, to say the least. Apparently, had Facebook seriously addressed misinformation on its platform from the get-go, a huge chunk of the service’s userbase would’ve been spared from false info regarding