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Facebook's tech head Mike Schroepfer to step down, Bosworth to take over

Bosworth, or "Boz," created Facebook's AR/VR organization, which was renamed Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) in 2020

Risk to online freedom

Govts are tightening internet rules

Researchers say FB interfering with their tools to study News Feed

According to The Markup, Facebook has been adding "junk code to HTML features meant to improve accessibility for visually impaired users".

Facebook oversight board reviewing 'XCheck' system for VIPs

This comes after an investigation by The Wall Street Journal into the use of this internal system that has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules

Facebook appoints Rajiv Aggarwal as director of public policy in India

He joins Facebook from Uber, where he was the head of public policy for India and South Asia

Instagram is bad for teens and Facebook knew it despite claiming otherwise

Facebook's policy of pursuing profits regardless of documented harm has sparked comparisons to Big Tobacco, which knew in the 1950s that its products were carcinogenic but publicly denied it

Clubhouse may be working on 'Waves', a feature to invite friends to chat

Clubhouse has been one of the fastest-growing social media platforms in 2021

WhatsApp launches test of in-app business directory feature for first time

The test in São Paulo, Brazil, which allows WhatsApp users to find shops and services through a directory in the app, is the latest feature in Facebook's drive to bolster ecommerce on its services.

TikTok adds warnings to search results for 'distressing content'

Short video platform TikTok, that continues to be banned in India, is adding new warnings to its in-app search that will alert users when results may include "distressing content".

India top source of social media misinformation on Covid-19: Study

India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID due to country's higher internet penetration rate, increasing social media consumption and users' lack of internet literacy

I&B ministry launches its account on Telegram to counter fake news

The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday launched its account on social media platform Telegram to counter fake news.

Facebook slams UK antitrust watchdog over call to sell Giphy

The social network's strongly worded response to the Competition and Markets Authority sets the stage for a battle over the future of Giphy

Australian court rules media outlets liable for comments on Facebook

Australia's highest court made a landmark ruling that media outlets are 'publishers' of defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages

Koo claims pole position as Hindi language social media platform

Says half its 10 million users interact in Hindi, making it the platform of choice for regional language users

Vikram Sambyal makes it huge as an Instagram influencer amidst pandemic

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Misinformation on Facebook gets way more engagement than news: Study

Misinformation received six times as many likes, shares, and interactions as legitimate news articles, researchers at New York University and France's Universite Grenoble Alpes have found.

Telegram and Signal will never match the ubiquity of WhatsApp

After eight years of competing with WhatsApp, Telegram looks unlikely to ever catch up in terms of scale

Twitter testing new safety feature to block accounts using foul language

The microblogging site will rolling out the safety feature to a small feedback group on iOS, Android and Twitter.com, beginning with accounts that have English-language settings

Twitter launches 'Super Follows' for creators to monetise tweets

Micro-blogging site Twitter has officially launched its "Super Follows" feature that allows creators on the platform to provide exclusive premium content to subscribers

Facebook took action on 33.3 mn content pieces during June 16-July 31

Facebook "actioned" over 33.3 million content pieces across ten violation categories proactively during June 16-July 31 in India, the social media giant said in its compliance report