#Facebook launches dating platform in Europe after nine-month delay

#Facebook launches dating platform in Europe after nine-month delay

“#Facebook launches dating platform in Europe after nine-month delay” Facebook’s dating platform is finally rolling out in Europe following a nine-month delay over privacy concerns. The social network’s matchmaking service will launch in 32 countries with the blessing of Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, which had put the kibosh on planned rollout in February, revealing that…

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#Facebook, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests

#Facebook, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests

“#Facebook, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests” Facebook wrongly tagged posts about anti-police brutality demonstrations in Nigeria as fake news — suppressing the content, according to a report Thursday. The social media giant, and its company Instagram, admitted to filtering out hashtags linked to the protests, which intensified after several demonstrators were shot dead by…

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#How to Message a Facebook Friend From Instagram

#How to Message a Facebook Friend From Instagram

Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012, but the platforms remained mostly separate. This changed in 2020, though—you can now send messages to anyone on Facebook from the Instagram app. We’ll show you how to use the Cross-App Messaging feature. Cross-App Messaging works in both directions: Facebook Messenger to Instagram, or Instagram to Facebook Messenger. However, it’s more…

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#Facebook is experimenting with a Nextdoor copycat app

#Facebook is experimenting with a Nextdoor copycat app

“#Facebook is experimenting with a Nextdoor copycat app” Facebook is once again copying the features of another fast-growing social network. The Silicon Valley giant has rolled out a copycat of Nextdoor, which allows users to join neighborhood-based groups in order to have a more local Facebook experience. Called “Neighborhoods,” the feature is essentially a mini…

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#Snap shares soar 20 percent amid Facebook, TikTok struggles

#Snap shares soar 20 percent amid Facebook, TikTok struggles

“#Snap shares soar 20 percent amid Facebook, TikTok struggles” Investors sent shares of Snapchat’s parent company up nearly 30 percent on Wednesday after it said that advertisers have been snapping out of their coronavirus-induced comas and flocking to the social media network famous for its funny face filters and disappearing photos. The Los Angeles-based Snap…

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#Meet your (Chinese) Facebook censors

#Meet your (Chinese) Facebook censors

“#Meet your (Chinese) Facebook censors” China is one of the most censorious societies on earth. So what better place for ­Facebook to recruit social-media censors? There are at least half a dozen “Chinese nationals who are working on censorship,” a former Facebook insider told me last week. “So at some point, they [Facebook bosses] thought,…

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