After discussions with European Commission Thierry Breton, technology company executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman have expressed their support for government oversight of artificial intelligence. The commissioner said that he and Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, were “aligned” on the EU’s regulation of artificial intelligence, which is now in the final stages of negotiations. They
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Instagram, the popular social media platform, has recently introduced a new feature that allows users in the US to download Reels shared by public accounts to their camera roll. How to Use the New Feature According to Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, users can download Reels by tapping on the share icon and selecting
WhatsApp, the messaging application owned by Meta, has launched a new feature to protect users from unwanted calls. The feature is designed to silence calls from spam and nuisance callers, typically from numbers that are not part of a user’s contact list. The aim of this feature is to prevent unknown numbers from disturbing users.
Instagram’s parent company, Meta, has announced that the Channels feature is now available worldwide, allowing creators to broadcast messages to their followers. The feature was initially available to a select few creators and users before becoming widely available. Instagram tested the broadcast channels feature in February 2022, allowing creators to share text, video, and photo
Meta Platforms, the company behind social media apps Facebook and Instagram, has announced that services have been restored after an outage that affected thousands of users. At one point, nearly 20,000 users reported having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram, as well as Meta’s messaging service WhatsApp. Downdetector.com, an outage-tracking website, reported that outage numbers had
Twitter is planning to focus on partnerships in video, creator, and commerce to revitalize its business beyond digital advertising. This comes after an investor presentation by owner Elon Musk and new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino, which was reviewed by Reuters. New Partnerships Yaccarino, who started as CEO on June 5, informed Twitter investors that the
Four days after the blackout protest, Reddit has announced that most of its communities are back to their normal operations. According to the company, 80 percent of its top subreddits are now open. This announcement comes after thousands of online forums shut down in protest over Reddit’s decision to raise its fees. The website Reddark,
Popular chat messaging app WhatsApp has recently started testing a new feature on its latest beta versions for iOS and Android which allows users to send video messages in a chat window. The feature works similarly to voice messages, allowing users to quickly record and send a video to other users that can be viewed
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced that it will extend verified services to India. This new service will allow users to get a blue tick on their Facebook and Instagram accounts. Users will be able to purchase Meta Verified which will provide them a blue tick and certain additional features. Meta
According to the latest India Monthly Report by social media giant Meta, Facebook took action against 41% of complaints it received from users, while Instagram took action against over 54% of grievances raised by users in April 2023. The report showed that Facebook “actioned on” less than one-fourth of grievances of users where they claimed