WhatsApp down in India, many users say unable to send messages, upload status

New Delhi: Meta -owned popular messaging app WhatsApp went down to users in India on Saturday, unable to send messages and upload the situation. According to the app outage tracking platform down detector, at least 81 percent of the users reported problems with the message while 16 percent with the overall app experience. “Is it … Read more

Zuckerberg Buys Rs 3.5 Lakh T-Shirt Worn By Jesse Eisenberg Playing Him In ‘The Social Network’

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that he bought a t-shirt worn by actor Jesse Eisenberg while portraying the Meta CEO in David Fincher’s The Social Network — a 2010 biographical drama about Facebook and its origins. The blue shirt with Ardsley Athletics XXL was worn by Mr Eisenberg’s Zuckerberg in the movie when fellow cofounder Eduardo … Read more

Meta Considering Charging Users For Ad-Free Facebook And Instagram In UK

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram is considering a subscription model for users in the UK who do not want to scroll through advertisements in their feed, according to a report in BBC. The tech giant already provides ad-free subscriptions in the European Union (EU), with a spokesperson stating that the company was “exploring the … Read more

Meta considers subscription model for Facebook in UK after nod to stop targeted ads based on ‘personal data’ | Company Business News

Meta is contemplating a subscription model for Facebook users in the UK after agreeing to stop targeting a campaigner with ads based on her personal data. The tech giant explained that Facebook and Instagram are “free for British users due to personalised advertising,” according to a report by PA Media. This follows Meta’s agreement to … Read more

Meta vs CCI: Will upcoming data protection rules impact the case? NCLAT to decide in May | Company Business News

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal will decide on May 13 whether to hear an appeal by Meta Platforms against the Competition Commission of India’s ban on its messaging platform WhatsApp’s data-sharing practices before or after new digital personal data protection rules are enforced. A bench led by appellate tribunal chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan said … Read more

Meta Stops Former Employee From Promoting Explosive Memoir

San Francisco, United States: Facebook parent company Meta is seeking to silence a former employee who has made scandalous allegations in a new tell-all book, obtaining a ruling to temporarily bar her from promoting the memoir or bad-mouthing the tech giant. In “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism,” released on … Read more

Social Media Using You For Marketing Test Without Consent? Shocking Revelation Made By New Study

You think you’re in control when scrolling through your social media feeds, but think again. Social media platforms, like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X and many more have become testing grounds for constant marketing experiments, where users unknowingly participate in targeted campaigns, according to research from the UBC Sauder School of Business. Due to the algorithms … Read more

Meta Launches Undersea Cable Project ‘Longer Than Earth’s Circumference’

Facebook owner Meta has announced an ambitious plan to build the longest undersea cable network that will reach five major continents and span over 50,000 km which is longer than the Earth’s circumference. Dubbed Project Waterworth, it will be the world’s longest underwater cable project and would provide ‘industry-leading connectivity’ and help support artificial intelligence … Read more

Facebook employees used Torrent to download 81.7TB of data to train its LLaMA: Court papers

Meta, Facebook‘s parent company, faces a class action lawsuit alleging copyright infringement and unfair competition in training its LLaMA AI model, according to court records revealed by vx-underground on X. First reported by Tom’s Hardware, vx-underground’s post on Twitter claims how court documents from February 5th, 2024, in Kadrey v. Meta show Meta (formerly Facebook) … Read more

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg: I was almost sentenced to death in Pakistan; but then I was really not that worried because…

Facebook-parent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently said that he was “almost sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan”. At a Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg raised concerns about the ongoing legal challenges his company faces in Pakistan due to a lawsuit over alleged blasphemous content on Facebook.According to reports, the lawsuit accuses Facebook of hosting content … Read more