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Are Facebook and Instagram still down? Meta boss apologises for ‘technical issue’ which hit thousands of users | Science & Tech News
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Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads suffered widespread problems on Tuesday afternoon, with users locked out of their accounts and pages failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 300,000 problems logged. More than 25,000 Instagram outages were also reported via the website, which collates status…
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Instagram and Facebook down for tens of thousands of users | Science & Tech News
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Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads are experiencing widespread problems, locking users out of their accounts and failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 300,000 problems logged. More than 25,000 Instagram outages were also reported via the website, which collates status reports from several sources,…
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Facebook and Instagram to label all images on their platforms created by AI, Meta says | Science & Tech News
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Sir Nick Clegg – the politician turned Meta executive – says the lines between human and “synthetic content” is becoming “blurred”, as the social media giant announced it would label all AI images on its platforms. Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads, has already been placing “Imagined with AI” labels on photorealistic images created…
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Facebook turns 20: From Mark Zuckerberg’s dormitory to a $1trn company | Science & Tech News
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Facebook is 20 years old today. On 4 February 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launched ‘thefacebook.com’ from his Harvard dormitory. Two decades later, many users struggle to remember a time they weren’t scrolling through its news feed – or that of its social media sibling, Instagram. While allowing us to find long-lost friends and family, and supporting…
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reveals his latest project on Facebook and Instagram | US News
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Mark Zuckerberg has revealed he is raising cattle at his Hawaiian ranch on a diet of macadamia nuts and beer to produce “the highest quality beef in the world”. The 39-year-old billionaire founder of Facebook shared details of his latest venture on his Instagram and Facebook accounts – and joked that of all of his…
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Content about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders to be hidden from kids on Instagram and Facebook | Science & Tech News
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Instagram and Facebook will hide content about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders from children, says the social media platforms’ owner Meta. Under the new rules, users aged under 18 will not be able to see this type of content on their feeds, even if it is shared by someone they follow. Users must be at…
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Should you delete your Facebook? Here’s what a privacy expert thinks after recording all Zuckerberg’s remarks | Science & Tech News
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How much do we really know about Mark Zuckerberg? The creator of Facebook. One of the world’s richest men. A 39-year-old father-of-three. But is he a force for good? One man has made it his mission to try to help us answer that question. For more than a decade, university professor and privacy expert Dr…
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Facebook Messenger gets default end-to-end encryption despite child abuse fears | Science & Tech News
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Meta has rolled out default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger users despite concerns the move will make it harder to tackle child abuse. The tech giant had been criticised by children’s charities and the National Crime Agency over the plans, which bring the chat app in line with services like Signal and its own WhatsApp.…
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Facebook owner Meta pays £149m to surrender lease on London office | Business News
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Meta has “surrendered” the lease on one of its London offices as tech firms continue efforts to slash costs. The parent firm of Facebook and Instagram let the space at 1 Triton Square from British Land, the FTSE 250 commercial property company, in 2021 but never moved in. Meta paid £149m to break the lease,…
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Facebook ‘overwhelmed’ by hoax posts on serial killers and missing kids – here’s how to spot them | Science & Tech News
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Facebook groups are being “overwhelmed” by hoax posts about serial killers, missing children, and animals, a charity has warned. Full Fact said it had identified at least 1,200 examples of such misinformation across more than 100 areas in the UK, suggesting the content is being replicated. One hoax about a nine-year-old boy named Justin Smith…