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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…
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Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to lay off more than 11,000 staff | Business News
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Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has become the latest big tech player to wield the axe in the tougher global economy, laying off 13% of its workforce. The firm announced on Wednesday it will cut its global headcount by more than 11,000 employees as part of a wider shake-up of the business that…
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Instagram ‘looking into’ sudden suspension of people’s accounts | Science & Tech News
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Instagram has said it is looking into why thousands of users have suddenly had their accounts suspended. Users around the world have posted on other social media platforms to ask why they have been locked out of their profiles, having received a message saying: “We suspended your account on October 31, 2022.” “We’re aware that…
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Instagram cracks down on abuse with new safety features after incident involving Premier League star | Science & Tech News
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Instagram has announced a new safety tool that will allow high profile figures to fend off abuse, days after a Premier League footballer revealed he was racially harassed on the platform. Striker Ivan Toney received a racist and abusive message after his 100th match for Brentford last weekend. The 26-year-old posted screenshots of the abuse…
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Meta defends ‘safe’ Instagram posts seen by Molly Russell | Science & Tech News
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Instagram content viewed by teenager Molly Russell before she took her own life was safe, the social media site’s head of health and wellbeing has told a court. Elizabeth Lagone, a Meta executive, was taken through a number of posts the schoolgirl engaged with on the platform in the last six months of her life. Meta is…