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The lawmakers accused Facebook, now called Meta, of concealing the negative findings about Instagram and demanded a commitment from the company to make changes.

BANGKOK Facebooks parent company Meta said Wednesday it has expanded its ban on postings linked to Myanmars military to include all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses. It had already banned advertising from such businesses in February. The February action, which also banned military and military-controlled state and media entities from Facebook and

With the launch of iOS 14.5 earlier this year, Apple rolled out its new App Tracking Transparency capability. This privacy feature is designed to give users the ability to opt out of being tracked across other apps and services, but a new report from the Financial Times today details how some companies are still sharing []

Meta (formerly Facebook) today is introducing a new Professional mode for user profiles, designed to be used by creators looking to monetize their followings on the social network. The new mode, which is initially available to select creators in the U.S., will present creators with additional money-making opportunities and expanded insights that had been previously []

A Facebook advert for a gambling service has been found to be irresponsible by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA). The paid-for ad for Dribble Media Ltds app Midnite eSports raised complaints from users who believe that the ad encouraged gambling behaviour. The ASA have ruled that the ad, seen on 18 September 2021, which read [] The post Paid-for Facebook advert deemed irresponsible over gambling concerns appeared first on Deadline News .

Steve Dent / Engadget : Facebook launches a Professional Mode, letting creators monetize their profiles, and a Reels Play bonus program, offering eligible creators up to $35K/month Facebook has launched a new professional mode for profiles that will let eligible creators earn money without the need to create a separate Page.

While built on the idea of connectivity, the Metaverse could instead break the internet apart, but the solution lies in how the business is done.

HONG KONG , Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading mobile sleep tracking application ShutEye has recently been upgraded to version 2.0. Developed by Enerjoy Limited, the application assists users in understanding their sleep quality and patterns by providing a comprehensive analysis of each night''s rest. The upgrade will be available from December 20 th , and will be complete with more functionality, a better user interface, and deeper analysis reports. The update is centered around the three main application pillars of functionality, visuals, and content . The upgraded ShutEye 2.0 will provide more user-friendly sleep reports, a sound environment analysis report, snoring detection, before-bedtime activity recordings, weather and seasonal monitoring and analysis, and prompts to notify of potential illnesses. The application will also feature guides for winding down before bed and practical advice for improving the quality of users'' sleep, making it a complete sleep-companion app. ShutEye 2.0, now is available at App Store (iOS system).

Meta now has a more firm timeframe for a full return to the office , but it''s also giving workers a chance to stay at home for a while longer. In a statement to The Wall Street Journal , the Facebook parent company said US offices would fully reopen at the end of January 2022, but that an "office deferral program" will let staff in the US and Canada delay that return for three to five months. They can return as late as June if they aren''t yet comfortable with in-person work, but don''t want to commit to a long-term remote position. Human resources VP Janelle Gale said Meta would still "prioritize health and safety" at offices for the employees who come back in January. However, the social media firm also accepted that others "aren''t quite ready" to appear. The move came just days after Google further delayed its return-to-office plans , and at the same time as Lyft said it would no longer require a return in February. An increase in COVID-19 cases and uncertainty about the Omicron variant has cast doubt on the safety of requiring every in-office worker to return, even if there are strict mask and vaccination requirements.

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is Which is the right social media platform for my business? Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? The right answer is that not all of these are worth your attention, but its probably more than one. The Tyranny of the OR is a concept from the old classic business best-seller Built to Last , by James C. Collins (Stanford Business School). Too many executives believe that things must be either A or B, and cant be both. The reality is that most businesses need to embrace the Genius of the AND, meaning they should use and monitor more than one of the available platforms, based on objectives. If you are in the almost 30 percent of all small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, United Breaks Guitars . It highlights the story of how United Airlines paid no attention to social media while Daves story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world.

Ahead of hearing, platform said it will be stricter about the type of content it recommends to teens The head of Instagram will testify before US lawmakers on Wednesday about protecting kids online, in the latest congressional hearing scrutinizing the social media platforms impact on young users. Instagram and its parent company, Meta Platforms ( formerly Facebook ), have been facing global criticism over the ways their services affect the mental health, body image and online safety of younger users. Continue reading

"Loose" interpretations of Apple''s privacy policies allow apps such as Facebook and Snapchat to continue tracking users for targeted advertising even when they have asked to not be tracked, The Financial Times reports . In May, Apple launched its App Tracking Transparency feature that allows users to opt-out of being tracked across apps and websites for advertising purposes. Seven months after Apple introduced the feature, companies such as Snapchat and Facebook have purportedly been allowed to continue sharing user-level signals from iPhones, providing that data is anonymized and aggregated rather than directly linked to specific user profiles. The Financial Times said that Apple''s position was the result of "an unacknowledged shift that lets companies follow a much looser interpretation of its controversial privacy policy." Apple has instructed developers that they "may not derive data from a device for the purpose of uniquely identifying it," which developers have interpreted to mean that they can still observe "signals" and behaviors from groups of users instead, enabling these groups to be shown tailored ads anyway.

A Facebook appeal to find the owner was shared more than 2,000 times but no one came forward