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Facebook is rolling out new ways for users to customize their feed, the social network announced on Wednesday. Beginning today, you will start to see new “Show more” or “Show less” buttons on posts from the people and communities that you’re connected to or on posts that are recommended to you. Facebook is also going […] Facebook is rolling out new ways to customize what you see in your feed by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

From Edward Snowden’s government surveillance revelations through the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal and Twitter’s recent security pitfalls, whistleblowers have been the driving force behind some of the biggest news stories of recent years. But whistleblowing isn’t always about insiders shining a light on shady practices in governments or billion-dollar tech companies. Oftentimes, […] Whistleblow while you work: This startup wants to make it easier to report corporate wrongdoings b... →

Following another quarter that saw marketers pull back on their ad spending, Meta today announced it’s increasing its ad load on Instagram with the launch of two new ad slots. Amid a slew of product updates for advertisers, including a music catalog for advertisers and a new ad format for Facebook Reels, the company said […] Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Twitter’s throwback feature, Twitter Status, is today expanding its list of potential status updates to choose from, in a continuation of tests that began this July. The feature, which is something of a cross between MySpace moods and a Facebook status, allows users to tag posts with an additional expression beyond the tweet itself — […] Twitter expands access to its experimental Status feature…but not to its paid subscribers by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Facebook parent Meta has settled a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in data scraping operations, which had seen them gathering data from Facebook and Instagram users for marketing intelligence purposes, according to the original complaint filed in October 2020. The companies named in the suit, Israeli-based BrandTotal Ltd. and Delaware-incorporated […] Meta settles lawsuit for ‘significant’ sum against businesses scraping Facebook and Instagram data by Sarah Perez originally publis... →

I’ve long been super against edited tweets, mostly for technical reasons. The core issue is that Twitter isn’t like other social media sites; unlike, say Instagram and Facebook posts, embedded tweets drive the news in many ways. Republishing and retweeting of tweets is the main risk around allowing users to edit it. Let me break […] Edited tweets is still a minefield, but Twitter’s solution just might work by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

After a decade of explosive growth, the company formerly known as Facebook is planning to trim down. Bloomberg reports that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to freeze hiring and restructure some groups within the company Thursday in an internal all-hands call. According to Bloomberg, Meta plans to shrink budgets widely within the company, including […] Mark Zuckerberg tells Meta the company will freeze hiring and cut costs by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta announced today that all Facebook and Instagram users in the U.S. can now connect their wallets and share their NFTs. All users in the U.S. also have the ability to cross-post the NFTs that they own across both Facebook and Instagram. The official roll out comes a few months after Meta first began testing […] All Facebook and Instagram users in the U.S. can now share NFTs, cross-post between both apps by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta is facing a fresh call to pay reparations to the Rohingya people for Facebook’s role in inciting ethnic violence in Myanmar. A new report by Amnesty International — providing what it calls a “first-of-its kind, in-depth human rights analysis” of the role played by Meta (aka Facebook) in the atrocities perpetrated against the Rohingya […] Meta urged to pay reparations for Facebook’s role in Rohingya genocide by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Facebook Pay is officially being renamed to Meta Pay for all users around the world, the company announced on Wednesday. Meta kicked off the rebrand in the United States in June, and is now making the change globally. Starting today, users will see the rebrand roll out across Meta’s products in nearly 200 countries. The […] Meta’s rebranding of Facebook Pay to Meta Pay is rolling out globally by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta is working on making it easier for users to switch between Facebook and Instagram accounts through a new profile switching tool. Anyone using either app will be able to hop between them if they’ve linked those profiles through Meta’s centralized profile hub, the Accounts Center. When logged into one app, users can easily toggle […] Meta wants you to create more Instagram and Facebook accounts and hop between them easily by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Days ahead of the Italian general election, the country’s privacy watchdog has sent Facebook’s parent (Meta) an urgent request for information, asking the social media giant to clarify measures it’s taking around Sunday’s election. The risk of election interference via social media continues to be a major concern for regulators after years of rising awareness […] Italy fires Meta urgent request for info re: election interference measures by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple’s major privacy update to iOS last year made it much more difficult for apps to track user behavior beyond their own borders, but a new lawsuit alleges that Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta kept snooping through a workaround. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and […] Facebook users sue Meta, accusing the company of tracking on iOS through a loophole by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

A jury in a Texas federal court has ordered Meta to pay walkie-talkie app company Voxer more than $174.5 million in damages, according to court documents filed on Wednesday. Voxer, the creator of the Walkie Talkie app, first filed its lawsuit against Meta (formerly known as Facebook) in 2020 after it accused the company of […] Meta ordered to pay walkie-talkie app maker Voxer $175M for patent infringement by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Gen Z’s favorite social app BeReal experienced a lengthy outage today, which the company only acknowledged with a brief — and fairly vague —  tweet, stating: “yup, we’re on it.” In recent months, the Paris-based app maker has seen its photo-sharing service climb to the top of the App Store, ousting competitors like Facebook, Instagram […] BeReal experiences a multi-hour outage, refuses to explain by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Facebook is introducing new Pages features that are designed to help creators get discovered and connect with their followers, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, the social network is rolling out a new setting for creators that makes content exclusively available to top fans and subscribers. Creators can select the option by going into […] Facebook adds new Pages features to help creators connect with fans and get discovered by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nintendo is ending support for account logins through Facebook and Twitter on October 25, the company announced on Tuesday. After that date, players won’t be able to sign in or create a new Nintendo Account using a Facebook or Twitter account. Nintendo says players will still be able to log on or create a new […] Nintendo is ending support for account logins via Facebook and Twitter by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

There are multiple messaging apps active in Southeast Asia and most consumers prefer to use them over email when they contact a business. Respond.io serves as a central dashboard for the biggest apps, including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Line, Viber, Telegram and WeChat. The Malaysia-based company said today it has raised $7 million in Series A […] Malaysia-based Respond.io helps businesses juggle multiple messaging apps by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta is going all in to expand the reach of its short video products. In the latest step to those offerings widely reachable, the company is launching a Facebook Reels API for developers to integrate into their apps. This will allow users to directly share Reels on Facebook pages from third-party apps using the “Share […] Facebook debuts a Reels API for sharing from third-party apps by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →