Meta, which runs the social networking site Facebook, is setting the stage for its annual Connect conference at its campuses in California. This is big, but they could be showing the first paired augmented reality (AR) glasses from Apple. They will also review returns with their virtual reality and Artificial Intelligence investment prospects. One of ...

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has raised serious concerns. Since early 2019, Meta has received over 1.1 million reports of users younger than 13 on Instagram. Despite this, only a fraction of these accounts were disabled. Meta is facing serious allegations of knowingly allowing underage users on its Instagram platform, collecting their ...

A US federal court has made a crucial decision that affects several major tech companies. Meta (formerly Facebook), ByteDance’s TikTok, Alphabet’s Google, and Snap’s Snapchat are now required to face a lawsuit. This lawsuit claims their social media platforms negatively impact children’s mental health. The issue began when these tech and social media companies, responsible ...

Meta, the company behind social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, is expanding testing for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on its Messenger platform. This means that millions of users’ chats will now have enhanced encryption to provide additional security. The company aims to launch default E2EE for one-to-one chats by the end of the year. End-to-end ...

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has stated that the new Threads app will not encourage typical news or political discussions, suggesting that it will not compete with Twitter in terms of content.  Mosseri believes that the engagement and revenue generated by these topics would not be worth the integrity and security risks.  He clarified that Threads’ ...

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has released a standalone app called Threads, which is intended to compete with Twitter. The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, mentioned that the volatility and unpredictability of Twitter under Elon Musk’s leadership provided an opportunity for Meta to enter the market. Threads is designed for public conversations, similar to ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is set to launch a new social networking platform called Threads, which is aimed at providing users with an alternative to Twitter. Led by Mark Zuckerberg, the app is scheduled to launch on Thursday, July 6, according to a listing on Apple’s App Store. Threads was initially discovered on ...

Meta revealed that it will be rolling out the Instagram broadcast channels feature to all users worldwide. The company has introduced this feature in February initially for beta users. Now this feature is going to be available to all Instagram users. Creators now have the ability to utilize broadcast channels as a public messaging tool ...

Meta has launched a Twitter-like subscription model named ‘Meta Verified’ (blue ticks for Facebook & Instagram) in New Zealand & Australia at $12 per month. The California-based technology startup Meta stated that it would be introducing “Meta Verified,” a subscription-based model, to users of Instagram and Facebook worldwide not long after Twitter launched its premium ...