Meta’s X rival Threads witnessed growth in December last year, with downloads tripling, placing it in the top 10 most downloaded apps for the month on both the App Store and Google Play. According to IANs, Threads recorded 12 million new downloads in Decem...
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X introduces audio and video calls for premium android users
Elon Musk's social media platform, formerly known as Twitter and now called X, is launching a new feature allowing Android users to make audio and video calls directly from the app. The feature will be accessible after updating the app, as shared...
Meta documents reveal 100K daily cases of child sexual harassment on FB, Insta
A recent court case concerning child abuse on Meta's Facebook and Instagram apps claimed that an internal company estimate from 2021 indicated that up to 100,000 children were subjected to sexual harassment on the platforms on a daily basis, including images of adult genitalia. This was disclosed in recently unsealed sections of a complaint f...
Meta introduces ‘Nighttime Nudges’ feature
Meta, formerly Facebook, unveiled a new feature called ‘nighttime nudges’ on Thursday. The feature aims to remind teens when they've spent more than 10 minutes on Instagram late at night, emphasizing the importance of ...
FB, Insta collect all the data they can: Report
A recent report by cybersecurity company Surfshark has identified Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram as the most privacy-invasive apps among 100 popular applications. The research, based on 32 criteria outlined in Apple's privacy policy, highlighted that bo...
Instagram co-founders close down artifact news app
Artifact, the news app created by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, is shutting down just a year after launch. The app used an AI-driven approach to suggest news that users might like to read, but it seems it didn’t catch on with enough peo...