As of Tuesday midafternoon (Nigerian time) Meta-owned social media platforms Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger were down. More than 500,000 users reported Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger outages starting around 10:08 a.m. EST to Down Detector. Reports spiked at 10:30 a.m. EST. (Down Detector is owned by ZiffDavis, Mashable’s parent company.) There were over 72,000 posts on Twitter / X […]
Meta Platforms Inc. experienced an outage this afternoon that made Facebook, Instagram and Threads inaccessible worldwide for about two hours. The first user reports of downtime started emerging around 10 a.m. EST. Meta confirmed the outage shortly thereafter, stating in a note on its status page that “we are aware of an issue impacting Facebook Login. Our […]
Meta has revealed plans to end Instagram users’ ability to chat with Facebook accounts later this month, rolling back a feature that it introduced over three years ago. In September 2020, Meta (then Facebook) announced it was merging its Facebook Messenger service with Instagram direct messaging, allowing Instagram users to chat with Facebook users and vice […]
Since Threads launched in July, Meta has increased the integration between it, Facebook, and Instagram. One example of this integration is that Instagram and Facebook now show in-app carousels of suggested content from Threads. In response to feedback from Threads users, Meta is now adding the ability for users to opt out of having their […]
In a significant move towards curbing misinformation campaigns, Facebook, the social media giant under Meta Platforms, has taken down a staggering number of over 7,700 accounts associated with a Chinese misinformation campaign. This campaign, according to a recent report by Forbes, has been linked to individuals connected to Chinese law enforcement. This takedown marks a significant […]
Meta has confirmed that it’s shutting down Messenger Lite, a simplified version of its Messenger app. Users of the Lite version are receiving messages encouraging them to switch to the regular Messenger for chatting. The Lite app is no longer available for new users on the Google Play Store, and it will be inaccessible for […]
Meta announced that its Messenger app will no longer support SMS messaging as of September. The change, which was quietly announced via in-app notifications and an updated support page, means that Android users who rely on Messenger as their default texting app will have to switch to another SMS app next month. Messenger first enabled […]
Meta’s number-one app has achieved a landmark moment amid a quarter of positive revenue growth Facebook, the world’s largest social network, exceeded 3 billion monthly active users for the first time, its parent company Meta reported today (July 26) in its second-quarter (pdf) financial results. In recent months, Meta has emphasized its work with artificial intelligence, virtual reality projects and […]
A new cybercrime group has been identified by Malwarebytes to be targeting business owners who use Facebook’s advertising tools. In a report from the company, Senior Threat Researcher Jérôme Segura noted, “there’s been a resurgence in sponsored posts and accounts that impersonate Meta/Facebook’s own Ads Manager” promising better ad performance. The attack, which leads victims to install […]
Facebook has been the undisputed king of the social media landscape since it usurped Myspace from its throne in 2008. Since then, it has ballooned to nearly three billion users worldwide, becoming one of the most universal apps in the world. With over five billion downloads on the Play Store, you’ve probably had it on […]
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