Except for one Indian social media company - Koo, none of the significant social media intermediaries have appointed the Resident Grievance Officer, the Chief Compliance Officer and Nodal Contact Person.
Facebook said it has removed more than 18 million pieces of content from its main platform and Instagram globally for violating its policies on Covid-related misinformation and harm.
Facebook has announced plans to roll out a new campaign in India to educate and inform people about how to detect misinformation related to Covid-19.
More than 5 million people globally have used Facebook profile frames in support of vaccination and since April, over 7 million users on Instagram have used Covid-19 vaccine stickers to share that they got vaccinated or share their support for vaccines.
Facebook will soon alert its users with a pop-up notification that asks them to make sure if they have read the article that are about to share and post further.
Facebook has taken down nine networks from six countries in April targeting people with false and deceptive information.
Facebook has announced new features and updates for Instagram Direct and Messenger to help users better express themselves.
Facebook said that Signal never tried to actually run the transparent Instagram ads.
Trump slammed Facebook, Google and Twitter and called them "corrupt", saying these social media companies "must pay a political price, and must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our Electoral Process."
Signal has challenged the user privacy policies of Facebook and Instagram by sharing a series of ads on Instagram to showcase how the social network collects information from users and displays ads basis of those private details.
While upholding the suspension, the board faulted Facebook in a statement for the way it made the decision.
The company’s quasi-independent Oversight Board will announce its ruling around 9 am ET. If it rules in Trump’s favour, Facebook has seven days to reinstate the account. If the board upholds Facebook’s decision, Trump will remain “indefinitely” suspended
Facebook will also provide health resources from UNICEF India about when to seek emergency care and how to manage mild Covid-19 symptoms at home.
The Facebook users who tried to view the hashtag saw a message saying that Facebook was temporarily hiding the posts in order to keep the community safe.
The government has asked social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook, to remove content and posts that were found to be spreading misinformation and public panic around the pandemic.
The CCI had argued before the court that the new privacy policy of WhatsApp would lead to excessive data collection and "stalking" of consumers for targeted advertising to bring in more users and is therefore an alleged abuse of dominant position
Alarmed at the popularity of invite-only audio chat app Clubhouse, Facebook is launching a similar product called Live Audio Rooms which will also be available on Messenger this summer.
Facebook has introduced two new data portability types that will help users directly transfer their posts and notes to Google Docs, Blogger and WordPress.
Facebook is all set to announce a bouquet of social audio products to take on invite-only audio meet app Clubhouse and video conferencing platform Zoom.
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