Secret inbox in Facebook is hiding messages from you
Muhammad Abdullah Typically, you get notified of any message on social media apps right away. The messages appear directly in the inbox, but Facebook is also keeping messages from you for quite…
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Facebook owned social networks were down in different countries
Facebook-owned social media networks experienced outage worldwide this morning. The social networking apps including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook were unavailable for more than two hours around the globe. The issue…
Linux creator calls modern social media a ‘disease’
Rizwan Anwar Linus Torvalds, who gave the world Linux OS in 1994 has always been an outspoken individual. He is recognized for always being blunt and speaking his mind, and it has…
Facebook tried to get passwords to attached emails of users
Facebook has been having a bittersweet last few days. Earlier this week, the company opened up their policy to facilitate transparency between posts suggested to users, allowed them to see…
Facebook now tells why you’re seeing certain posts
Facebook has announced a new feature, one that gives more control to users. The social media behemoth has announced, “Why Am I Seeing This?” to your news feed posts. The…
Latest Facebook security snafu means we should all go change our passwords
Facebook issued an important statement about account security from their Newsroom yesterday. It turns out that the company discovered back in January that “some user passwords were being stored in…
Facebook Messenger rolls out threaded replies for conversations
Facebook Messenger seems to be adding some new features with relatively little fanfare. First, they gave users a clever way of activating dark mode in the app, and now Messenger…
Facebook removed millions of uploads of the Christchurch shooting, but is it enough?
On Friday, March 15th, the world witnessed a horrific mass shooting as a lone gunman attacked 2 mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Friday is a holy day for Muslims as…
EXCLUSIVE: Facebook 3D reactions makes first appearance on iOS device
We have just discovered the first instance of Facebook’s new 3D Reactions for smartphones. One of our writers has enabled the feature on his iPhone, but other iPhone users in…
Facebook CEO to meet with UK culture minister on his own turf
Hassan Farooq After refusing several requests to testify in front of a UK parliamentary committee, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg agreed to meet with the U.K’s culture minister Jeremy Wright at Facebook headquarters…
Facebook bans pages that spread Russian-backed videos targeting American millennials
Noor Imtiaz On Friday, Facebook suspended several pages that published viral “news” videos viewed by millions that failed to disclose their Russian affiliations. After years of failing to suspend or close accounts potentially…
Facebook might face a multi-billion dollar fine from the FTC
Fazeel Ashraf According to The Washington Post, Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are negotiating a multibillion-dollar fine. The FTC is planning to fine the social network over its privacy violations. This would…
Facebook faces a strict ruling in Germany
In Germany, a ruling on Thursday has declared that Facebook abused its dominance in the social media market. A German antitrust watchdog had been investigating Facebook for apparent violations of…
Facebook bans Myanmar military groups
Facebook wrote in a Newsroom post today that it has decided to ban four more military groups from Myanmar from their platform. The organizations include the Arakan Army (AA), the…
Facebook now lets users unsend messages
Facebook Messenger has released a long-promised feature – it now lets users unsend messages. We’ve all felt it – that immediately regret after hitting the “send” button. But now, you…
