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LinkedIn, in a bid to rival TikTok and Instagram in influencer marketing, has launched "Thought Leader ads," allowing advertisers to promote posts from independent creators.

In May 2024, Meta plans to add the phrase "Made with AI" to content generated or manipulated by AI, citing transparency and the desire to prevent needless limitations on free speech.

U.S. prosecutors in Virginia are investigating Meta over alleged illegal drug trade involvement, with subpoenas targeting records related to drug activities on Meta's platforms.

Meta might be penalized by South Korea's antitrust office for allegedly failing to protect local consumers on its Facebook and Instagram marketplaces against fraudulent transactions.

Meta's stock price also saw a 1.6% decline after a "technical issue" on Tuesday morning, affecting users for 2 hours.

Sarah Hanson-Young's proposal to include TikTok, Apple News, and Instagram came from the growing preference of Australian citizens to consume news through the said apps.

The outage affecting Facebook, Instagram, and Threads lasted approximately two hours after Meta announced they were working on it.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to dismiss personal liability in two dozen lawsuits accusing Instagram and other social media companies of Meta of addicting children to these platforms.

Instagram had announced the top 10 most followed celebrity on the social media site and here they are.

Instagram announced its decision to apply algorithms to reorder feeds, showing posts based on likelihood instead of time. Instagram is the latest among other social media giants to embrace such change.

Facebook users will soon be prohibited from coordinating private firearm sales using its platform and also through Instagram. The step evokes strict policies on regulating promotional posts on unlicensed gun businesses . The new rule is only applicable for person-to-person firearm sales, licensed gun dealers will be permitted to use the social network.

Facebook's growth is just unstoppable. The number of the active users keeps increasing, as well as the revenue it gains. Most of the revenue is said to come from the Facebook Lite, which is usually used by users with less sophisticated mobiles. Besides that, video ad also gives many contributions as well.

The social network giant posted a strong profit. On Wednesday, Facebook reported a $1.56 billion quarterly net income in fourth quarter of 2015.

Facebook is expected to announce its fourth-quarter earnings soon and analyst are expecting that the company will deliver a better than expected report. The company is also expected to boost its revenue this year through the expansion of its video advertising, Instagram, and Oculus RIft.

Jack Dorsey will be the next product boss. Jack Dorsey, the creator of Square and Twitter, will be able to infuse bold product modification which has been lacking at the company.