‘So out of touch he surfs above the water’: The Project hosts mock Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over viral video of him hydrofoiling while holding an American flag By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:01 BST, 5 July 2021 | Updated: 14:11 BST, 5 July 2021 Mark Zuckerberg has gone viral over a video … Read more
Tory councillor who shared Facebook meme saying ‘white slaves were sold for centuries’ is facing misconduct probe Pauline Culley broke Darlington Borough Council’s code of conduct last year The councillor since 2014 shared a meme that read ‘white slaves were sold’ Opposition councillors said meme suggested black suffering was insignificant By Emer Scully For Mailonline … Read more
Police launch search for missing walker, 25, who vanished after she took selfie at the top of Ben Nevis at 5am Walker Sarah Buick, 24, is missing after climbing Ben Nevis, Scottish Highlands She took a selfie at the summit of the 1,345 metre mountain at 5am on Tuesday Police Scotland has issued an urgent … Read more
WhatsApp is giving users ‘several more weeks’ to agree to a controversial privacy update or risk losing access to the app’s functionality. Until a few days ago, WhatsApp users had until this Saturday (May 15) to accept the update, which is related to policy changes necessary to allow users to message businesses on the app. But now … Read more
Facebook’s own oversight board has called out the social media giant, saying that ‘Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities’ over extremist content promotion. The board, which some have dubbed Facebook’s ‘supreme court’, rules on whether some individual pieces of content should be displayed on the site. The oversight board hit the news on Wednesday after it … Read more
A trove of leaked Facebook moderator memos has revealed how users are allowed to call for the death of public figures and can praise mass murders based on company’s own vague definitions of what constitutes a ‘crime‘. More than 300 pages of internal Facebook moderation guidelines in effect as of last December were obtained by … Read more
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
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
If you’re considering deleting WhatsApp, you’ll be happy to hear that there are several alternative apps to choose from: 1. Telegram With more than 400 million users, Telegram is one of the most popular WhatsApp alternatives. While it looks very similar to WhatsApp, what sets it apart is the fact that it gives the option to … Read more