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Meta ‘99%’ finished fixing ‘technical issue’ that caused widespread blackout
The outage was first reported at around 6pm.
Meta apologise over global crash of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp
The social media giant said a ‘technical issue’ was causing disruption for many users
Oversight Board to examine Facebook posts about summer riots
The board has confirmed it is looking at Facebook’s handling of the reporting of three posts linked to the summer riots.
Meta chief Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
The US President-elect was once banned from Facebook, following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Instagram testing user ability to reset content recommendations
The social media giant has said users will be able to clear their recommended content and ‘start fresh’.
EU fines Meta £660m for competition rule breaches over Facebook Marketplace
The European Commission said Meta had acted illegally in tying the Marketplace to the social network arm of the platform.
Mark Zuckerberg releases duet of Get Low with US star T-Pain in tribute to wife
The duo released the single under the band name Z-Pain.
Online grooming crimes reach record levels, NSPCC says
The children’s charity said more than 7,000 offences were recorded by police in the last year.
Meta starts testing facial recognition tools to combat ‘celeb-bait’ adverts
The tech giant said it would use the technology as a new way of identifying fake celebrity endorsement adverts on its platforms.
Instagram launches new safety features to fight sextortion scams
The social media platform said it is using expert guidance to train technology to spot scam accounts and prevent them from contacting teenage users.