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Married Indian woman travels to Pakistan to meet man she befriended on Facebook, say police

Anju met Nasrulla on Facebook a few months ago. She was initially in police custody but was released after her travel documents were verified.

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.

On Camera

Age-gap romances are tricky in India. Here’s how Bollywood navigates them

Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.