Snapchat’s Parent Company Acquires Songwriting App Voisey

Snapchat has made quite a few admirable efforts to hold its ground in spite of the fact that it is a real underdog when you compare it to larger social media platforms that might be out there many of which often steal Snapchat’s own features with impunity. A songwriting app by the name of Voisey...

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Facebook Transparency Report shows interesting insights about government data requests and its global disruptions

Facebook released its biannual Transparency report for the year 2020 this week and included insights from the Community Standards Enforcement Report as well. According to the report, the company received 173,592 government requests for user data in the first half of 2020. This was a 23% increase...

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Google is globally rolling out its game-changing RCS feature for its Messages app and is also working on making the conversations end-to-end encrypted

There is hardly anyone in this world who has never sent or received a text message via SMS. It is an inbuilt service that almost all phones provide. But we all know that these short messages have some restrictions which we are not used to because of other rich-messaging apps like iMessage,...

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Fortnite Players Can Now Enjoy Video Chat During The Game

The fun of Fortnite is about to be doubled as according to recent developments, players will now also be able to see the live-feeds of their friends simultaneously during the battle online. The feature is launching this week for all users across PC, PS4, and PS5 and Epic has made it possible with...

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Apple and Facebook continue blaming each other; Apple thinks that Facebook is unjustified in its ad targeting and user-tracking policies, while Facebook thinks that Apple is using its stature to block its competitors

The tussle between tech giants is nothing new. They keep fighting over this and that, and hardly a day goes by when there is no news from any of the major tech companies causing some kind of commotion somewhere. We all know and Facebook and other tech apps employ third parties and partners who...

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State And Federal Officials Are Preparing To Bring Antitrust Charges Against Facebook Over WhatsApp and Instagram Acquisitions

Facebook is set to face another legal challenge. The Washington Post has reported a group of state attorneys general is preparing to file antitrust charges against Facebook over the company’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. New York Attorney General Letitia James leads the group of state...

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Facebook Published A Report On Its Evolving Efforts To Tackle Hate Speech; The Company Has Included The Prevalence of Hate Speech As Part Of Its Quarterly Community Standards Enforcement Report

Over the last four years, Facebook’s facilitation, as well as amplification of misleading information and hate speech, has been a critical topic. The pandemic, #BlackLivesMatter movement, and the Presidential election have also underlined Facebook’s role in amplifying dangerous narratives. The...

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