Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are back online after an hour outage that frustrated users across the world Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and Messenger are back online after an outage All four of the social media apps stopped working worldwide about 5:30pm GMT The outages were first reported earlier this evening by website Downdetector By Ryan Morrison … Read more
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are DOWN: Social media apps crash for frustrated users across the world Facebook owned Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and Messenger are down The services stopped working at about 17:30 GMT around the world The outages were first reported by the website Downdetector By Ryan Morrison For Mailonline Published: 17:42 GMT, 19 March … Read more
Facebook may soon be creating an Instagram designed primarily for children, a development coming just days after Instagram vowed to do more to protect children. The app would be for children under the age of 13. Users of Instagram currently need to be at least 13 years old to register for the app, though there’s … Read more
Facebook may soon be creating an Instagram designed primarily for children, a development coming just days after Instagram vowed to do more to protect children. The app would be for children under the age of 13. Users of Instagram currently need to be at least 13 years old to register for the app, though there’s … Read more
Facebook has made multi-million-dollar deals with Australia’s two biggest commercial media companies to pay for using their content on its site. The social media platform has signed and three-year deal with Rupert Murdoch‘s News Corp and a letter of intent with Nine Entertainment. It comes after a world-first new law forcing Google and Facebook to … Read more
Married Tory councillor is suspended for dressing up as a woman in protest at proposals for a 6pm curfew for all men after Sarah Everard’s murder Mark Deacon, Conservative councillor for Plymouth, posted image on Facebook Said he would wear a floral pink dress and long black wig if curfew was imposed He has been … Read more
Facebook will allow content creators to place ads on videos as short as one minute to earn revenue in bid to attract users from Snapchat and TikTok Facebook is letting users place ads in shorter videos so they can earn revenue The service previously only allowed this with three-minute videos Now, Facebook is allowing users … Read more
Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The social media giant said Wednesday that the complaints ‘do not credibly claim’ that its conduct harmed either consumers or market competition. The antitrust suits, filed in December … Read more
The Wall Street Journal has claimed that Facebook fact-checkers relied on ‘opinion and not facts’ after an op-d written by Johns Hopkins professor Dr Marty Makary (pictured) was flagged last week. The Wall Street Journal has revealed that Facebook fact-checkers relied on ‘opinion and not facts’ when they flagged an op-ed that was written by … Read more
An NHS front line worker has spoken of his dismay after he was suspended from a hospital for telling Covid deniers on Facebook to follow government rules. Gary Oldershaw, 53, took to social media after a ‘tough’ 12-hour shift at Broomfield Hospital’s intensive care unit where he saw seven patients lose their lives. He said … Read more