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Meta Testing Subscription Service At $11.99

February 20, 2023 admin

Meta Platforms on Sunday said it was going to test a new offering called Meta Verified, a subscription bundle on Instagram and Facebook that includes a verified badge that authenticates a user’s account with government ID, proactive account protection, access to account support, and increased visibility and reach. The social media giant is starting the test in Australia and New Zealand later this week. Meta Verified will come with a verified badge, confirming that a user has been authenticated with a government ID. The company says that the subscription would…

Instagram To Introduce ‘Channels’ Broadcast: A New Chat Feature

February 18, 2023 admin

The new feature is essentially a group messaging function within the social app wherein the users will stay updated on specific topics, brands, people, etc. It is a ‘broadcast chat’ to support text, images and polls, all within IG direct Meta’s social media platform Instagram will introduce a broadcast chat feature called ‘Instagram Channels’, announced Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday. The new feature is essentially a group messaging function within the social app wherein the users will stay updated on specific topics, brands, people, etc. It is a ‘broadcast chat’ to…

Google To Expand ‘Pre-bunking’ Campaign In Europe, Germany Up Next

February 13, 2023 admin

According to reports, Google plans to release a series of video-shorts highlighting the common techniques misleading many claims. The videos will be advertised on platforms like Facebook, YouTube or TikTok in Germany. A similar campaign is to be initiated in India soon Amidst the rapid spread of online misinformation, Google’s campaign educating the masses to spot false information has delivered promising results in Eastern Europe. The tech giant is, thus, likely to begin a similar new campaign in Germany, according to a media report on Monday. The search engine company…

Facebook Investors Want Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case To Be Revived

February 10, 2023 admin

Investors claimed that Facebook, as the company was known, misled them in 2016 by describing data breaches as a mere “risk,” when it knew that Cambridge had accessed user data. Meta Platforms Inc investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users’ personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco over the Cambridge Analytica scandal,…

Facebook, Instagram Back Up After Brief Outage

February 9, 2023 admin

At the peak of the outage, Facebook users reported more than 11,000 incidents and Instagram users reported about 7,000 cases Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook and Instagram were back up for most users after a brief outage, the company said on Wednesday, adding that a technical issue that disrupted services for thousands of people has been resolved. “A technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing our products. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible,” a Meta spokesperson told Reuters. At the peak of the outage, Facebook users reported…

Facebook Looks To Block $3.7 Bn UK Lawsuit Over Market Dominance

January 31, 2023 admin

Facebook on Monday asked a London tribunal to block a collective lawsuit valued at up to 3 billion pounds (USD 3.7 billion) over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to monetise users’ personal data. Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of the Facebook group, is facing a mass action brought on behalf of around 45 million Facebook users in Britain. Legal academic Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, who is bringing the case, said Facebook users were not properly compensated for the value of personal data that they had to…

Meta Sues AI-based Investigator Voyager Labs For Illegal Data Scraping

January 14, 2023 admin

Meta Platforms, an American multinational technology group, has filed a lawsuit in the United States, against AI-based investigators, Voyager Labs for creating thousands of fake Facebook and Instagram accounts, in an attempt to scrape data from more than 600,000 users, according to a media report on Friday. The technology conglomerate claimed Voyager masked its illegal activity using surveillance software to pull users’ information through their social media, posts, friends/follow list, photos, likes and comments along with other detailed groups and pages. It added, along with Facebook and Instagram the accused…

The Nexus of Dark Pattern And Big Tech

January 4, 2023 admin

The government of India has recognized the impact of ‘dark patterns’ in internet usage. They have decided to frame guidelines to regulate the same. The Adversitising Standard Council of India (ASCI) have planned to add dark patterns in its Online Advert Code. What are dark patterns? The pattern was first coined by UI/UX user Harry Brignull. They are patterns that interfere with the consumer experience of using the internet. It makes the experience harder for the user, and in turn, benefits the company deploying these designs. For example, if we…

Meta Removes Facebook, Instagram Accounts Operated By Indian Firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory: Report

December 16, 2022 admin

Meta on Thursday revealed it removed a network of more than 40 accounts on Facebook and Instagram operated by an Indian firm called CyberRoot Risk Advisory Private. In its report, Meta said rather than directly sharing malware on its apps, CyberRoot’s activity manifested primarily in social engineering and phishing, often intended to trick people into giving up their credentials to various online accounts across the internet (e.g., email). CyberRoot used fake accounts to create fictitious personas tailored to gain trust with the people they targeted around the world. To appear…