Was the Super Tuesday Facebook blackout a trial run?
It’s no coincidence that two of the world’s largest and most influential social media platforms went down on Super Tuesday, when presidential primaries were held in a third of the United States. Facebook and Instagram motivate and sway voters. Combined with Meta’s recent ban on “political posts,” it’s hard to believe that last week’s hours-long […]
TikTok Ban Would Empower ‘Enemy of the People’ Facebook
Former President Donald Trump told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday that a ban on TikTok would benefit Facebook, the “enemy of the people.” Co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin said, “It looks like you’ve reversed your views on banning TikTok. Why?” President Trump said, “So I did it. And Congress said, ‘They never fail, they usually fail […]
NYC bachelor buys Facebook Marketplace ads to score dates
He’s really on the market. A single 33-year-old software engineer living in New York City tries to get dates through paid ads on Facebook Marketplace. “This is a personal dating ad! How embarrassing for me! But intrigued (I hope)?” One listing features a man named Michael posing in a blazer and rimless glasses. There is […]
Trump raises concerns about TikTok ban as Facebook will ‘double their business’
Presidential candidate Donald Trump worries about banning TikTok ahead of next week’s House vote to give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to sell the popular short video app. expressed. The former Republican president, who is seeking a return to the White House, wrote late Thursday on social media site Truth Social, “If you eliminate […]
Chinese shopping app Temu spent $2B on Facebook, Instagram ads
Temu, the Chinese fast fashion brand that has taken the U.S. e-commerce retail industry by storm in recent months, was Metaplatforms’ biggest ad spender on social media sites Facebook and Instagram, according to a report. That’s what it means. Temu’s parent company PDD Holdings spent about $2 billion on advertising with Meta last year alone. […]
40 State AGs Raise Alarm over Instagram and Facebook Account Hijacking
A coalition of 40 state attorneys general has issued a stern warning to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, over an alarming spike in consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts. uttered. the hill report In a letter sent in March, 40 state attorneys general said there had been a dramatic […]
Scammers are using fake news, malicious links to target you in an emotional Facebook phishing trap
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Facebook and Instagram allowed ads featuring deepfake nude of Jenna Ortega at 16: report
Facebook and Instagram have allowed an image featuring a blurred deepfake nude of actress Jenna Ortega as a teenager to advertise an app that can create explicit fake images of people powered by artificial intelligence. The app, called “Perky AI,” has now been removed from Apple’s app store, but last month it ran at least […]
Facebook, Instagram and YouTube down worldwide as social media giants face global outage
Mehta-owned Facebook, Messenger and Instagram suffered a global outage on Tuesday, leaving more than 500,000 users without access to the social media apps, the biggest setback for the tech giant in years. Ta. Other major social media apps, including TikTok, Snapchat and Google’s YouTube video platform, also appear to be experiencing smaller service issues, according […]
Facebook and Instagram: Meta services hit by widespread outages | Facebook
Facebook and Instagram encountered serious issues around the world on Tuesday, with the services rejecting login attempts and causing feeds to go down. The power outage was first reported at around 3:30pm GMT and began to clear around 5pm. “Earlier today, technical issues made it difficult to access some of our services,” Meta said in […]