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WhatsApp debuts one-to-many broadcasting 'Channels'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 08 03:46 PM

WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organizations try a new feature called "Channels" that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular messaging service. Read more »

Suit says Meta board 'turned blind eye' to human trafficking

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 09:43 AM

A shareholder lawsuit filed late Monday accuses board members of Instagram and Facebook parent Meta of shirking their duties by ignoring human and sex trafficking on the tech giant's social platforms. Read more »

Meta considers launching potential Twitter rival

Deutsche Welle
Updated as of Mar 12 01:26 PM

The Facebook owner announced it was working on a "text sharing" platform. It comes at a time when Twitter faces unprecedented turmoil. Read more »

Meta planning massive layoffs: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 10:13 AM

Facebook-parent Meta will become the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce, with plans to layoff thousands of employees this week, US media reported. Read more »

Meta confirms WhatsApp outage, working to restore service

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 05:17 PM

Meta confirmed a global outage was affecting its messaging service WhatsApp on Tuesday and said it was working to restore the app "as quickly as possible". Read more »

10 years jail for driving Spain teen to suicide via Whatsapp

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 07:38 AM

A Spanish court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years behind bars for driving a teenager to commit suicide by bombarding him with hundreds of intimidating Whatsapp messages. Read more »

Meta seeks to help turn 'fees into profits' with business messaging

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 09:47 AM

As consumers sought a more personal level of connection with businesses through meaningful conversations, Meta said Tuesday firms need to turn into Messaging to improve sales. Read more »

Facebook's Meta takes on bond debt

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 08:34 AM

Facebook-owner Meta is ending a run as one of the few major firms without debt, launching its first bond sale as the company battles uncertainty and bets heavily on its metaverse vision. Read more »

Meta is beefing up Messaging with new tools to help boost businesses

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 05:32 PM

Meta said it has been introducing more features for Messaging in its various platforms, which has been transforming how businesses and consumers communicate as exchanges soared over 50 percent. Read more »

Russia fines Meta, TikTok over LGBT 'propaganda'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 09:25 PM

Since the start of Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine, Russia has ramped up pressure on social networks, banning Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Read more »

US orders WhatsApp to trace some Chinese users- report

Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 19 07:36 PM

The US has been secretly tracking a group of Chinese users of WhatsApp since November, possibly in an effort to halt illegal opioid sales, Forbes reported. Read more »

Sanhi ng naglilipanang text scam sinisilip ng telcos

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 03:54 PM

Payo ng isang IT expert na alalalahaning mabuti kung saan binibigay ang mga cellphone number. Read more »

Facebook to continue supporting users, businesses

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 08:32 PM

Facebook’s name change to Meta is part of its long-term strategy to grow more channels that are focused on technology such as virtual reality. Read more »

Facebook failing to contain hate speech in India: reports

Juliette Michel with Jalees Andrabi in Delhi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 07:11 AM

Facebook was well aware that hate speech was spreading on its site in India which could exacerbate ethnic violence, according to internal documents. Read more »

Adapting to the fibers of our being: MSMEs and technology

Allister Roy S. Chua
Posted at Oct 07 12:58 AM

It’s not only easy for MSMEs to adapt to technology in these times, but it’s also easy to start a business through embracing the digital realm. Read more »

Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp shut down?

Katy Lee and Daniel Hoffman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 08:34 AM

Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world's reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant. Read more »

Facebook, iba pang apps higit 6 na oras di mabuksan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 07:26 PM

Marami ang nadismaya sa malawakang aberya ng Facebook, Messenger, Instagram at WhatsApp nitong hatinggabi ng Martes. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy, nagulat dahil di maka-Facebook, Instagram

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 06:39 AM

Nagulantang ang maraming Pilipino bandang hatinggabi kanina dahil hindi na nila mabuksan ang Facebook, Instagram at WhatsApp. Read more »

Facebook blames 'faulty configuration change' for nearly six-hour outage

Subrat Patnaik, Eva Mathews and Sheila Dang, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 05 04:19 PM

Major social media services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were hit by a massive outage on Monday Read more »

Facebook moves to block Taliban's WhatsApp accounts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 07:13 AM

Facebook said Tuesday it was blocking WhatsApp accounts linked to the Taliban after the radical Islamic group seized control of Afghanistan and sought to use the messaging service to help it govern. Read more »