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‘Grave step backwards’: Meta shuts monitoring tool in election year
Washington, US - A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation. The tech giant says CrowdTangle will be unavailable after August 14,...
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FB family of apps return online after seven hours
Users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp across the world, including the Gulf countries, remained heavily affected for hours. -
Facebook grilled over mental health fears
Facebook study warned of the harm Instagram can do to girls' well-being -
Instagram to curb mental harm
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LinkedIn to drop Stories format
Stories is expected to be removed from LinkedIn by September. -
Monopoly case against Facebook revived
The case was dismissed by a US federal judge two months ago. -
Facebook to offer business loans in India
Facebook has announced that it will join hands with an online Indian lending firm to help provide loans to small domestic businesses in order to lure more businesses to advertise on its platform. -
New Instagram tools to reduce abuse
Instagram's latest move comes after racist abuses during the Euro 2020 final. -
Facebook removes accounts linked to smear campaign against Pfizer, AstraZeneca
The Fazze network offered to pay the influencers for reposting misleading content