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Meta's new feature stops Instagram from tracking you across web
As part of its expansion, Meta is adding the ability to disable this kind of tracking on Instagram, so users can check what businesses are sharing information with Meta, disconnect specific activities or clear the information that has been collected. This feature, known as Activity Off-Meta Technologies, is now available in the platform's Accounts Center.
Meta's Horizon Worlds new feature lets you 'mute' people with foul language
The new feature called "mute assist" automatically mutes or lets users quickly mute people they don't know who use profanity and potentially offensive words.
Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky welcomes journalists, media companies with open arms
“Join us in our early days as we grow to 10 million users. Each organisation now manages verifications for their own journalists too. For example, a newsroom can verify an affiliated journalist through a subdomain like @name.newsroom.com,” the social network said in a statement.
Meta's Threads may bring X-like trending topics feature
The potential feature was discovered by an app developer who shared screenshots of the feature that a Meta employee had originally posted.
India’s norms against dark patterns may hurt ease of doing business: Big Tech coalition
The government released draft guidelines last month to curb “dark patterns” used by online platforms. These dark patterns mislead people into doing something they did not wish to do, such as paying for items or services they did not intend to buy.
Meta purged over 19 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in India in August
Between August 1-31, Facebook received 25,049 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 2,701 cases.
Meta may charge users $14 a month for ad-free Instagram or FB
If users in Europe want to access both Instagram and Facebook, they can get the combo for $17 per month, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Meta now lets you create 4 additional personal profiles on FB
"The ability to create multiple personal profiles is starting to roll out globally today and will continue over the next few months," Meta said in a blogpost on Thursday.
Meta shuts 3 VR games without any explanation
The tech giant sent an email to existing game owners, informing them that support for the three games will be discontinued on March 15, 2024, reports The Verge.
Meta denies exploring ads in WhatsApp to 'boost revenue'
Reacting to a Financial Times report which claimed that Meta teams were exploring ads in WhatsApp as the social network “seeks revenue boost, saying “discussions are at an early stage and include possible subscription fee”.
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