Last week’s attack against Meta’s customer support affected just over 20,000 accounts, the company has now confirmed. Hackers managed to break into these profiles and most likely exfiltrate the data found inside. Last week, news broke that cybercriminals exploited a vulnerability in Meta’s AI-powered customer support service, tricking it into sendingContinue Reading
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
Meta’s Threads has now reportedly surpassed its rival X (formerly Twitter) in daily mobile usage globally. Market intelligence firm Similarweb, as reported by TechCrunch, has revealed a significant shift in the social media landscape. As of January 7, 2026, Meta’s Threads recorded an estimated 141.5 million daily active users onContinue Reading
Windows support ends December 14, Mac gets 60 days. Turn on secure storage to keep your chats What’s happened? Meta is discontinuing its Messenger desktop apps for Windows and macOS. Both listings are gone from the Microsoft Store and the Mac App Store, and users are getting in-app notices with a clear timeline. The serviceContinue 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
Facebook and Instagram are launching a new subscription service that will allow users to pay to become verified. Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — said it would begin testing “Meta Verified” in Australia and New Zealand this week, with other countries soon. The announcement came onContinue Reading
Facebook parent Meta has unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset with the hope people will soon be using it to work in the virtual reality of the still-elusive place called the metaverse Facebook parent Meta unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset Tuesday with the hope that people will soon beContinue Reading
The Facebook Gaming app is being shut down. The Facebook Gaming team posted a message in the Facebook Gaming app alerting users and streamers that the app will no longer be available for iOS and Android beginning October 28. Although the Facebook Gaming app will be delisted from the GoogleContinue Reading