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Now everyone can cross-post Reels from Instagram to FB
On the microblogging site Twitter, the photo-sharing platform's head Adam Mosseri announced the new Reels updates. "We are launching a few new Reels features to make it fun and easy for people to find + share more entertaining content -- 'Add Yours' Sticker, IG-to-FB Crossposting, FB Reels Insights," Mosseri captioned the video posted on Twitter. With the tap of a button, the new update allows users to cross-post Reels from Instagram to Facebook. Mosseri also mentioned that the Add Yours sticker that became popular in Stories is now coming to Reels on Instagram and Facebook.
Baby Jesus resembles Mark Zuckerberg in US museum, goes viral
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey also retweeted the pictures with a cryptic caption "Meta," that a user named, Arix (@Arix_Ki) posted on the microblogging platform. "This baby Jesus sculpture at LA Museum of Art looks like Mark Zuckerberg," the user tweeted with pictures of Mother Mary and baby Jesus from the Los Angeles Museum of Art.
Facebook sees massive drop in teen usage in last 7 years
Chinese short-form video platform TikTok has rocketed in popularity and is now a top social media platform for teens among Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat. Some 67 per cent of teens say they ever use TikTok, with 16 per cent of all teens saying they use it almost constantly. Google-owned YouTube tops the 2022 teen online landscape among the platforms, as it is used by 95 per cent of teens. TikTok is next on the list of platforms that were asked about in this survey (67 per cent), followed by Instagram and Snapchat, which are both used by about six in 10 teens.
Meta tests end-to-end encryption for individual chats on Messenger
"We're also starting a test of automatic end-to-end encrypted chat threads on Messenger and expanding other features," said the company. "As with end-to-end encrypted chats, secure storage means that we won't have access to your messages, unless you choose to report them to us," said Sara Su, Product Management Director, Messenger Trust.
Facebook making money via white supremacist groups: Report
A report by the Tech Transparency Project revealed that more than 80 white supremacist groups have a presence on Facebook, including some that Facebook itself has labelled as "dangerous organisations". "What's more, when our test user searched for the names of white supremacist groups on Facebook, the search results were often monetised with ads -- meaning Facebook is profiting off them," the non-profit organisation said in a statement late on Wednesday. The study found that ads appeared on 40 per cent of the queries for the white supremacist groups.
Meta shuts down its biggest VR game for Quest 1 owners
Quest 1 owners will no longer be able to launch or play the game starting October 31, its developer BigBox VR has announced. "We are building 'BIG POP1' experiences that will push the boundaries of multiplayer VR. In order to focus our efforts on next-gen features and tech, we're ending Quest 1 support on October 31, 2022," Meta said in an update.
Meta shuts Pak hackers targeting Indian officials via honey trapping, malware
Apart from India, the group of hackers in Pakistan -- known in the security industry as APT36 -- targeted people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, according to Meta's quarterly 'Adversarial Threat Report'. "Our investigation connected this activity to state-linked actors in Pakistan," Meta said.
Sheryl Sandberg officially steps down as Meta COO
Meta has appointed chief growth officer Javier Olivan as tne new CEO who took charge from August 1, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US. Sandberg will remain a Meta employee through September 30, after which she will continue as a board member.
WhatsApp banned over 22 lakh bad accounts in India in June
WhatsApp had banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in the country in May. The messaging platform also received 632 grievance reports in June within the country, and the accounts "actioned" were 64. In May, WhatsApp received 528 grievance reports and the accounts "actioned" were 24.
Meta withdraws plan over new privacy policy update
The decision came as the Personal Information Protection Commission has been looking into whether the upcoming privacy policy update by Meta runs afoul of domestic law, citing government official, reports Yonhap. The company has, since late May, sent out notifications to South Korean users of Facebook and another Meta-owned platform Instagram, demanding consent on new terms and conditions of its updated privacy policy set to go into effect on August 9.
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