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Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style "community notes" where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users. In a video posted alongside a blog

News
Facebook and Instagram in apparent global outage

Facebook and Instagram in apparent global outage

Facebook and Instagram have gone down in what appears to be a massive outage of parent company Meta's platforms. People trying to log onto the websites and apps were finding error messages and were unable

Business
Social media apps to charge 21 percent on advertisements starting Aug. 1

Social media apps to charge 21 percent on advertisements starting Aug. 1

Meta Business, the business wing of social media powerhouse, Meta has been tasked by the government of Ghana to take a new tax of 21 percent from advertisers in Ghana. The new tax which will

Technology
Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

Meta has said it will begin to restrict news on its platforms to Canadian consumers after parliament passed a controversial online news bill. The bill forces big platforms to compensate news publishers for content posted

International News
Facebook Owner Fined €1.2bn For Mishandling Data

Facebook Owner Fined €1.2bn For Mishandling Data

Facebook's owner, Meta, has been fined €1.2bn (£1bn) for mishandling people's data when transferring it between Europe and the United States. Issued by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), it is the largest fine imposed under

Technology
Facebook-owner to cut 10,000 staff

Facebook-owner to cut 10,000 staff

Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced that it will cut 10,000 jobs. It comes months after the tech giant laid off 11,000 employees in November 2022. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the

Lifestyle
Facebook, Instagram To Charge Users For Verification Badges

Facebook, Instagram To Charge Users For Verification Badges

Users who may want to be verified on Meta apps; Facebook and Instagram should be prepared to pay charges in the coming days. The company is taking a cue from its rival app, Twitter which