Meta has launched new scam protection features for its social media apps, including WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger. Meta announced that it’s launching some new anti-scam features for WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger. It’s also working with law enforcement and industry partners to enforce scam protection measures offline. The social media giantContinue Reading
Arm yourself with the knowledge to identify fake profiles on social media and dating platforms. This isn’t just a precaution—it’s your shield against deception. Between scammers, artificial intelligence, and dead internet theory, most online interactions these days should be met with skepticism about whether or not the person behind the profileContinue Reading
Meta AI is levelling up Mark Zuckerberg has announced a ton of cool AI features at Meta Connect 2024 which apply to Meta AI, the chatbot found inside its popular social media apps like Facebook, Instagram DM, WhatsApp, and Messenger. One of the coolest new features he revealed is the ability to ask questions aboutContinue Reading
Hackers are exploiting Facebook ads to distribute password-stealing malware targeting Windows PCs, as reported by BleepingComputer. Security researchers at Trustwave have identified several new campaigns, that employ counterfeit Windows themes and pirated games and software downloads as lures. The hackers either establish new Facebook business accounts or seize existing ones to execute these campaigns. TacticsThousandsContinue Reading
Here’s how AI content will be labelled. Meta has already changed how AI-generated content is labelled on its platforms like Instagram and Facebook. In a statement released on July 1, the tech giant said it relied on “industry standard indicators” to make an informed decision on how to approach AI content. Previously, the label read “MadeContinue Reading
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 72,000Continue Reading
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 anContinue Reading
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 chatContinue Reading
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 toContinue Reading
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.Continue Reading