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Meta Verified: Facebook and Instagram launches paid service in the UK | Science & Tech News
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The owner of Facebook and Instagram has begun rolling out a paid verification service in the UK. Meta’s subscription service can be compared to “Twitter Blue” which gives users of the social media platform a blue tick from £9.99 a month. Facebook and Instagram users can sign up for Meta Verified. The service requires users […]
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Avoid ‘get rich quick’ schemes on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram warns bank | Science & Tech News
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An increasing amount of financial scams are taking place via social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, according to analysis by a leading bank. TSB has said 80% of its cases within the three biggest fraud categories came through the Meta-owned companies after analysing its own internal data over the space of two years. […]
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Donald Trump breaks silence on Instagram to promote his NFTs – but critics say the art is ‘cringey’ | US News
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Donald Trump has released a second collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as the 2024 presidential race heats up. The surreal pieces of digital art depict the former president as George Washington, a chess piece and a lion wrangler… but not at the same time. A total of 47,000 NFTs were made available and cost $99 […]
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Andrew Tate: Controversial influencer pushed on to ‘teen’s’ YouTube Shorts and Instagram video feeds | UK News
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Andrew Tate content was pushed to the account of a 13-year-old boy after just over an hour of watching videos on YouTube Shorts — without his profile seeking out any clips of the controversial influencer. Sky News set up a fake account of a young teenage boy to see whether YouTube Shorts, Instagram and TikTok […]
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Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to lay off another 10,000 staff | Business News
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Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is axing another 10,000 jobs to cut costs. The company said on Tuesday it will reduce the size of its recruiting team and make further cuts in its tech groups in late April, and then its business groups in late May. “We expect to reduce our team size […]
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Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram pages are restored after ban | US News
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Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been restored after he was banned in the wake of the deadly Capitol riot two years ago. Users of the social media sites can again see the former US president’s pages, with the last post on his Facebook made on 6 January 2021, when he wrote: “I am […]
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Donald Trump allowed back on Facebook and Instagram after two-year ban | US News
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Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated after a two-year suspension following the 6 January insurrection. Facebook parent Meta said in a blog post on Wednesday it would be adding “new guardrails” to ensure there are no “repeat offenders” who violate its rules. “In the event that Mr Trump posts further violating content, […]
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Lionel Messi’s World Cup photo beats egg to be most-liked picture on Instagram ever | World News
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He shoots, he scores… again. Lionel Messi has taken the lead for the most-liked post ever on Instagram, with a photo of him lifting the World Cup. Winning the golden trophy just wasn’t enough for the Argentinian star, after his side beat France in a historic World Cup final on Sunday. His subsequent post on […]
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Twitter bans users from linking to Facebook, Instagram and other rival platforms | Science & Tech News
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Twitter users will no longer be able to link to a number of rival social media websites, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. On Sunday, Twitter Support tweeted that it will “no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter”. “Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other […]
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Instagram influencer Hushpuppi, who tried to steal £100m from Premier League club, jailed in US | Science & Tech News
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An Instagram influencer has been jailed for more than 11 years over a global, multi-million dollar scam which targeted a Premier League club. Ramon Abbas, who was known to his followers as Ray Hushpuppi, was sentenced by a California judge to 135 months and ordered to pay in excess of $1.7m (£1.5m) to two fraud […]