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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... →

Калифорнийский губернатор подписал закон штата об онлайн безопасности, который направлен на то, чтобы защитить несовершеннолетних от потенциально вредного контента и поведения в сети. Так, сервисы и сайты должны применять максимальные настройски privacy, если оказывают услугу пользователям младше 18 лет. Запрещено использовать данные детей для построения профилей, отслеживать их точное местоположение и собирать их детальную информацию. Мы помним, что дети — это цветы жизни и под таким соусом можно много сде... →

It’s not the crime, it’s the cover up… The scandal-hit company formerly known as Facebook has fought for over four years to keep a lid on the gory details of a third party app audit that its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally pledged would be carried out, back in 2018, as he sought to […] Unsealed docs in Facebook privacy suit offer glimpse of missing app audit by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

One of the most notable changes with Apple’s iOS 16 launch is the ability for users to personalize their Lock Screen with widgets. Many app developers have worked to make their apps iOS 16-ready, and Facebook is now one of them. This week, the Meta-owned app quietly released an app update to include support for […] Facebook’s latest app update brings iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this morning that “Community Chats” are coming to Messenger and Facebook Groups. The feature allows large Messenger groups to organize chats into categories, including audio and video channels for real-time discussion, admin-only chats for announcements, and event chats. Like Discord, Community Chats are designed to make it easier to keep […] Meta announces Discord-like ‘Community Chats’ on Messenger by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta Platforms is looking at India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem as it bolsters its bet on the metaverse. The social juggernaut has partnered with the Indian IT Ministry’s startup hub to launch an accelerator in the country to broaden innovation in emerging technologies including augmented reality and virtual reality, officials said Tuesday. MeitY Startup Hub and […] Facebook parent Meta launches startup accelerator with India’s IT ministry in metaverse push by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrun... →

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