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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta rolling out AI subscriptions

    Meta rolling out AI subscriptions Meta Platforms is selling consumer subscriptions to its Meta AI chatbot for the first time, a key step toward building a business that would help offset hundreds of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence investments by the company. The new...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta Platforms shares plummet with more AI spending on the cards

    Meta Platforms shares plummet with more AI spending on the cards Meta Platforms shares plunged the most in six months after the company raised its spending outlook for the year. The move reignited fears that the historic levels of investment that chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg is...
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    Expert worried about future of end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp

    Expert worried about future of end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp Social media giant Meta Platforms has announced it will remove end-to-end encryption for direct messages (DMs) on its Instagram app, and a university professor said he is worried WhatsApp is next. From 8 May 2026, Instagram...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta's 2Africa cable has a big problem in Iran

    Meta's 2Africa cable has a big problem in Iran Meta Platforms has paused part of a massive effort to expand Internet service across Africa as the war in the Middle East freezes activity in the region. The disruption comes less than six months after Meta acknowledged that another section of...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta Platforms ignoring illegal gambling ads — UK watchdog

    Meta Platforms ignoring illegal gambling ads — UK watchdog Meta Platforms is turning a blind eye to illegal gambling sites that advertise on Facebook and Instagram, according to the UK’s Gambling Commission. The regulator has been checking Meta’s searchable ad library for operators that don’t...
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  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta slashing Reality Labs jobs

    Meta slashing Reality Labs jobs Meta Platforms is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company’s Reality Labs division, part of a plan to redirect resources from virtual reality and metaverse products toward AI wearables and phone features. Affected employees will be notified of the...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Developments in GovChat case against WhatsApp and Facebook abuse of dominance case

    Developments in GovChat case against WhatsApp and Facebook abuse of dominance case The Competition Tribunal has issued rulings in a series of interlocutory applications in an alleged abuse of dominance case between South African chat platform GovChat and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms. GovChat...
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    Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show

    https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
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    Meta ends fact-checking program as Zuckerberg vows to restore free expression on Facebook, Instagram

    Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to "restore free expression" across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting its current content moderation practices have "gone too far." "We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta fined another R4.8 billion over data breach

    Meta fined another R4.8 billion over data breach Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm €251 million (R) following two inquiries into a personal data breach that it said impacted 29 million users worldwide. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland...
  12. Vorastra

    Meta’s Israel Policy Chief Tried to Suppress Pro-Palestinian Instagram Posts

    https://theintercept.com/2024/10/21/instagram-israel-palestine-censorship-sjp/
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  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tricks developers use to make you an app or game addict

    Tricks developers use to make you an app or game addict Ever found yourself unable to resist checking out a social media notification? Or sending a random picture just to keep a Snapchat “streak” going? Or simply getting stuck staring at YouTube because it auto-played yet another cute cat...
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Facebook shuts down important research tool

    Facebook shuts down important research tool For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online. But earlier this week, the owner of CrowdTangle, Meta, shut the tool down. The tech giant...
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    Facebook and WhatsApp account takeovers surge in SA

    Facebook and WhatsApp accounts takeovers surge in SA During the past 24 months, many South Africans have found their Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp accounts taken over by cybercriminals. While these attacks have targeted some prominent individuals like radio personalities, many people who...
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    Meta opens up VR headset software to third parties — including Lenovo and Microsoft

    Meta opens up VR headset software to third parties — including Lenovo and Microsoft Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is “opening up” its Meta Quest headset operating system to other hardware makers, part of an effort to boost its standing in the nascent augmented reality and virtual reality...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    No more social media for kids under 14 in Florida

    No more social media for kids under 14 in Florida Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill prohibiting minors under 14 from having social media accounts, following similar efforts in other states that have been challenged in court. The Florida law also requires parental permission for 14-...
  18. Jan

    WhatsApp's rise to dominance in South Africa

    How WhatsApp became dominant in South Africa High SMS prices, the dominance of the Android operating system, and a major local competitor's failure to adapt to changing user needs handed WhatsApp its leading position in the South African app messaging market. That is according to World Wide...
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    Small win amid losses in lawsuits against social media companies over teen addiction

    Small win amid losses in lawsuits against social media companies over teen addiction Minors and parents suing Meta Inc.’s Facebook and other technology giants for the kids’ social media platform addictions won an important ruling advancing their collection of lawsuits in a California court. A...
  20. Jan

    WhatsApp adding option to anonymise IP addresses during voice calls

    WhatsApp getting built-in VPN protection for calls WhatsApp is adding the ability to disguise a user's IP address in calls, according to a report from WABetaInfo. The privacy relay option is currently under development for both the WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS apps.
  21. Jan

    WhatsApp email verification and revamped design in the works

    WhatsApp getting email verification and updated design WhatsApp will be getting a new lick of paint and the ability to verify your account using an email address. WhatsApp-focused news website WABetaInfo reported about the in-development features over the past few days.
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