Instagram testing feature to notify users of outage or issue inside app
Tue, Oct 12, 2021
Facebook Inc’s Instagram said on Monday it is testing a feature to notify users of outages or technical issues directly on the photo-sharing app, days after two outages disrupted the social media giant’s services.
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Lawmakers: FTC must ensure tech companies uphold youth online privacy
Sun, Oct 10, 2021
Three U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged the Federal Trade Commision to ensure technology companies like Facebook , Alphabet`s YouTube and TikTok comply with policy changes aimed protecting young people online.
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Facebook outage: 2nd time in week; Social media giant apologises, says working to get things back to normal
Sat, Oct 09, 2021
Facebook confirmed on Friday (October 8) that some users were having trouble accessing its apps and services, days after the social media giant suffered a six-hour outage triggered by an error during routine maintenance on its network of data centers.
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How Facebook outage wreaked havoc on the global ad empire
Tue, Oct 05, 2021
The massive global outage that left the entire family of Facebook apps down for several hours on a busy Monday produced a cascading effect on the global ad empire that is dependent upon the social networking giant to reach billions of consumers.
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp reconnecting after nearly six-hour outage
Tue, Oct 05, 2021
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp lit up again late on Monday afternoon Eastern time after a nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company`s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services.
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WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram down update: Social media platforms restored after six-long hours of massive global outage
Mon, Oct 04, 2021
According to DownDetector, a website that tracks outages, 40 per cent users were unable to download the app, 30 per cent had trouble in sending messages and 22 per cent had problems with the web version.
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Whistleblower says Facebook put profit before reining in hate speech
Mon, Oct 04, 2021
A Facebook Inc whistleblower on Sunday accused the social media giant of repeatedly prioritizing profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation, and said her lawyers have filed at least eight complaints with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Meesho raises USD 570 mn funding, valuation more than doubles to USD 4.9 bn
Thu, Sep 30, 2021
Social commerce platform Meesho has raised USD 570 million (about Rs 4,235.2 crore) in a funding rounding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, B Capital Group, Prosus Ventures, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
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