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Instagram’s branded content tools to expand to Threads, reports Axios

The tools allow marketers to engage in paid partnerships with influencers, providing avenues for collaboration when advertising options are unavailable.

‘We’re looking into a way to delete Threads account separately’ — Instagram head addresses concerns

In a series of posts on Threads, Instagram head Adam Mosseri has also said that intention behind the app, built by them for sharing text updates, was was not to replace Twitter.

Facebook owner Meta slashes business teams in final round of layoffs

Meta's layoffs followed months of waning revenue growth amid high inflation and a digital ad pullback from the pandemic e-commerce boom.

Vietnam Police arrest Facebook user for sharing posts defaming Communist Party leaders

Phan Thi Thanh Nha, allegedly posted 25 articles & videos since 2018 seeking to 'distort & defame leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam & the state,' the police said.

Meta to lay off 10,000 employees in second round of job cuts

The move underscores Zuckerberg's push to turn 2023 into the 'Year of Efficiency' with promised cost cuts of $5 billion in expenses to between $89 billion and $95 billion.

Meta to restore former US President Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts

The restoration of Trump’s accounts could provide him a boost, who announced in November he will make another run for the White House in 2024.

Facebook parent Meta agrees to pay $725 million to resolve Cambridge Analytica scandal case

The lawsuit was prompted by revelations in 2018 showing that Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica to access data of 87 million users.

Lawsuit against Meta for enabling ‘hateful posts’ from Ethiopia on Facebook

The lawsuit says Facebook's recommendations system amplified violent content in Ethiopia & failed to exercise care in training its algorithms to identify dangerous posts.

EU antitrust regulators to charge Meta over use of customer data & ads business

The European Commission began an investigation into the social network company in June last year. Britain's competition agency also began an enquiry on the same day.

Meta to lay off more than 11,000 employees globally as Facebook owner battles soaring costs

The company said it would pay 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional weeks for every year of service as a part of the severance package and all remaining paid time off.

On Camera

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.