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Influencers are people on social media wielding some celebrity status or large following that enables them to "influence" other users with their opinion towards any brand or product, a form of covert advertising.

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London-based Cambridge Analytica was created in 2013 initially with a focus on U.S. elections, with $15 million in backing from Mercer and a name chosen by former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, according to a report by the New York Times.&nbsp;Facebook has faced multiple investigations in the United States and Europe over its handling of personal data of users, hurting shares of the Mark Zuckerberg-led company. 
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Among the new features include voice posts, stories archive and the ability to save photos and videos from the Facebook Camera app while avoiding using up space on the user's mobile phone.&nbsp;The three updates will help users better "create and save memories." The changes will let you save your photos and videos directly to your account in the Facebook cloud, share voice messages with friends, and archive your favourite Facebook Stories, the report said.

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Facebook in its transparency report released on Tuesday said that it received a total of 22,024 requests from India in 2017 compared to 13,613 in 2016 - a rise of 61.7 per cent.

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The apps were suspended pending a thorough investigation into whether they did in fact misuse any data, said Ime Archibong, Facebook`s vice president of product partnerships.&nbsp;

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People familiar with Facebook told Cheddar, “They are very serious about it.” Interestingly, Facebook is planning this idea for more than a year now.

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The company said it would rely on reports from established campaign groups on both sides of the campaign to identify foreign-based ads, as its automated election integrity tools are still in development.&nbsp;On April 25, the company launched a trial of a `view ads` tool, which allows users to view all of the ads any advertiser is running on Facebook in Ireland at the same time.

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. Earlier, the feature was available for all iOS users. The Facebook-owned app has now remotely disabled the YouTube support for iOS 10 and below versions, according to reports. WhatsApp rolled out in-chat YouTube feature to Apple iPhone users, allowing them to watch videos from the app in 2017

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"As a first step, we`ll now require that advertisers confirm they are a US citizen or lawful permanent resident, as required by law," Kent Walker, Senior Vice President at Google, said in a statement late Friday.&nbsp;This means advertisers will have to provide a government-issued ID and other key information

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Twitter masks passwords through a process called hashing using a function known as bcrypt, which replaces the actual password with a random set of numbers and letters that are stored in Twitter`s system.&nbsp;"This allows our systems to validate your account credentials without revealing your password. This is an industry standard," Agrawal noted.

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Allegations of the improper use of data for 87 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica, which was hired by President Donald Trump`s 2016 U.S. election campaign, has hurt the shares of the world`s biggest social network and prompted multiple official investigations in the United States and Europe.&nbsp;

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Facebook has begun rolling out a feature called "downvote" that lets users register a negative reaction to comments on the social networking platform but it is not the "dislike" button users have long desired.&nbsp;

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When the Facebook app is in Sleep Mode, kids cannot send or receive messages or video calls, play with the creative camera or receive notifications. If they try to open the app, they`ll see a message telling them that it`s in sleep mode and to come back later. "Parents told us they would like controls that make the app inaccessible at a certain&nbsp; time, &nbsp;like during dinner, homework time or bedtime

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Taking a tough stance against Cambridge Analytica's "cryptic response" to its first notice, the government has again sent notices to both the British data analytics firm and Facebook, confronting them with additional questions on potential misuse of data. It has asked Facebook to list out security architecture proposed to be created by the company "so that data concerning Indians are not pilfered or manipulated again for extraneous purposes including to influence the elections"

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CM Siddaramaiah posted a condolence message in Kannada on Facebook and Instagram, condoling the death of Indian actress B. Saroja Devi.

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Meta has introduced passkey on Facebook for mobile devices, providing another tool to protect users' privacy and security. What is it? How to set up? Know here - 

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WhatsApp said Monday that users will start seeing ads in parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue stream by tapping the billions of people that use the messaging service. 

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Thukral joined Meta (then called Facebook) in 2017 and served in multiple policy roles. He was appointed director of public policy for Meta India in November 2022, following the exit of Rajiv Aggarwal

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“At Meta, creating a safer and more responsible digital environment is a top priority. With the expansion of Instagram Teen Accounts to India, we are strengthening protections, enhancing content controls, and empowering parents while ensuring a safer experience for teenagers," Natasha Jog, Director, Public Policy India, Instagram.

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