Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Woman Loses £3,600 in Facebook Marketplace Scam

Marketplace Scam

A cautionary tale of online deception emerges as beauty therapist Lisa Fletcher recounts her harrowing experience of losing £3,600 on Facebook Marketplace. Hailing from Evesham, Worcestershire, the 46-year-old seeks to alert fellow social media users about the risks of falling prey to online scams. Fletcher’s ordeal commenced when she spotted a tempting listing for a … Read more

Thailand may shut down Facebook due to scams impacting 200,000

Check your friendship and relationship history on Facebook

Thailand might take Meta’s Facebook to court over 200,000 scams if no action is taken, says the digital minister. The government has repeatedly asked Facebook to remove scam ads, but the company has not taken action. Ministry officials are collecting evidence of Facebook’s wrongdoing to present in court. Thailand’s government intends to request a court … Read more

Firefighters Perform Pawfect Rescue: Dog Saved from Rabbit Hole

Dog Rescue

Skilled crew from St Neots and Gamlingay perform the animal rescue.  Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service shares the story on Facebook, along with rescue photos. Article gains nearly 300 likes and garners comments praising the firefighters’ efforts. After a dog became stuck in a rabbit hole, firefighters in England performed a ‘pawfect’ rescue. The Cambridgeshire … Read more

Terrifying Otter Attack: Survival and Rescue Stories

Terrifying Attack

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service rescues dog stuck in rabbit hole. Royce and friends attacked by aggressive otter during tubing adventure; multiple injuries sustained.  Royce and friends survive otter attack by the grace of God, uncertain of their fate during the ordeal. Jen Royce of Montana recounted her terrifying experience of being attacked by an … Read more

Mind-Bending Puzzle: Find the Foxes Among Red Pandas!

Mind-Bending Puzzle

Challenge: Locate three foxes amidst a group of red pandas. Foxes and red pandas share the same color, adding to the complexity. Puzzle shared on Facebook; garners 1,000+ reactions in four days. Hungarian artist Gergely Dudás, commonly known as Dudolf on social media, recently released a mind-bending brain teaser on Facebook that has puzzle aficionados … Read more

Meta’s Trusted Partner Program Faces Criticism

Meta Partner Program

Partners claim delays, poor communication, and inadequate resources. Meta’s response times inconsistent, even for urgent content. Leak by former employee highlights Meta’s priorities in global regions. According to Meta, the Trusted Partner Programme is an important component of their efforts to improve their policies, compliance processes, and products in order to keep their consumers safe … Read more

Elon Musk to have surgery ahead of MMA match against Mark Zuckerberg

Elon Musk praises crypto republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy

Elon Musk said he may require surgery before the fight. Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are planning to have a cage fight. Musk said he is getting an MRI of his neck and upper back tomorrow. UFC fighter Conor McGregor has also offered to help Musk prepare for the fight. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla … Read more

Meta’s Plan to Seek Permission for Targeted Advertising in the EU

Meta Advertising

Change in response to regulatory requirements. Data processing for behavioral advertising shifting to “Consent” basis. Advertisers can continue personalized campaigns after the change. Meta will to ask European Union users for permission before letting businesses to target advertising based on what they see on its platforms like Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant announced … Read more

Around 40% of the world’s population is currently using Facebook

Around 40% of the world's population is currently using Facebook

Facebook reached over 3 billion active users worldwide by June 30, a 6% increase from the previous year. Meta’s “Year of Efficiency” initiative resulted in a substantial reduction of its workforce. Meta’s quarterly revenue exceeded Wall Street’s expectations, resulting in a significant increase in its stock price. In its recent second-quarter results, Facebook announced a … Read more

Zuckerberg’s Blue Belt Achievement Ahead of Musk Fight

Zuckerberg Blue Belt

Zuckerberg honors coach Dave Camarillo for receiving a fifth-degree black belt. Camarillo praises Zuckerberg’s dedication and passion for jiu-jitsu. Musk seen training with former MMA star Georges St-Pierre (GSP). Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, achieved another milestone in his combat sports journey by advancing in the jiu-jitsu ranks and earning a Blue Belt. In … Read more

Meta launches Llama 2 amid a new ChatGPT competitor

Meta launches Llama 2 amid a new ChatGPT competitor

Meta has created an AI system called Llama 2 that competes with ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Microsoft will play a significant role in the distribution of Llama 2 through its Azure cloud service. Llama 2 was trained using publicly available data, excluding Meta’s own products or services. Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has … Read more

Popular apps that drain your phone’s battery have been revealed

Popular apps that drain your phone's battery have been revealed

Some apps can drain a phone’s battery and shorten its lifespan. To save battery life, it is advised to disable these battery-draining apps. Popular apps frequently run in the background, unknowingly draining battery power. A report suggests that certain apps, including streaming services, gaming apps, and social media apps, can significantly drain a smartphone’s battery, … Read more

Threads surpasses ChatGPT record, hits 100 million users in just five days

Threads surpasses ChatGPT record, hits 100 million users in just five days

Threads surpasses ChatGPT with 100 million users in less than 5 days. It is the fastest-growing consumer app ever. It was launched by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. As millions of users flocked to the Twitter competitor app, Threads, it surpasses the record set by ChatGPT, an AI tool, data tracking websites … Read more

Meta launched paid verification service for Facebook and Instagram users in US

Meta paid verification

It costs $11.99 a month, or $14.99 if you sign up through a mobile app store. They must be at least 18 years old and go through a verification process that requires a photo ID.  For those already verified, Meta Verified is free. Meta just launched a paid verification service inspired by Twitter in Australia … Read more

Meta fired its employee on maternity leave

Meta
  • A Meta employee disclosed that her maternity leave was shortened as a result of the layoffs.
  • Prior to this, a different Meta staffer who was on maternity leave was also fired.
  • Meta Platforms Inc. is also planning to close approximately 5,000 openings.

Facebook’s parent firm Meta is now eliminating 10,000 more jobs, following 11,000 layoffs last year. Numerous workers who have been affected by the second round of layoffs at the business are now posting their experiences on LinkedIn. After working for the business for three years, one such Meta employee disclosed that her maternity leave was shortened as a result of the layoffs.

During her tenure at the business, Sara Schneider, a member of the talent acquisition and recruiting team, described how she underwent significant life events, such as moving three times, meeting the love of her life, getting married, becoming pregnant, and giving birth to her first child.

She stated in a LinkedIn article,” Unfortunately, my maternity leave was cut short at Meta due to the brutal Meta Layoffs. I spent an amazing 3 years at a company that had so many memories and worked with the best teams and incredible people. This layoff was not performance-based as so many top performers were let go. I am honored to have spent time recruiting for the People Team as well as the Software Engineering Team.”

Ms. Schneider’s post also revealed that she had ”’suffered from an almost fatal post-partum hemorrhage 8 hours after giving birth.”

”During my birth process, I suffered from an almost fatal post-partum hemorrhage 8 hours after giving birth. I lost over 5 Liters of blood with massive blood clots and blood pressure in the 50’s. Although incredibly traumatic, I know I was kept alive for a reason. It gives me perspective that I have a purpose, and the hills and valleys of life are just that – temporary. I made a promise to myself that if I made it out alive, I wouldn’t sweat life so much and be grateful for everything around me,” she further wrote.

Prior to this, a different Meta Facebook’s parent firm Meta is now eliminating 10,000 more jobs, following 11,000 layoffs last year. Numerous workers who have been affected by the second round of layoffs at the business are now posting their experiences on LinkedIn. After working for the business for three years, one such Meta employee disclosed that her maternity leave was shortened as a result of the layoffs. taffer who was on maternity leave was also fired. In a LinkedIn post, Andi Allen, who served as a Senior Technical Recruiter at Meta, wrote, “I was part of today’s Meta layoffs while on maternity leave”. She also sked, “Has Mark Zuckerberg taken a pay cut?” and stated that her recruitment team was “top-notch” while saying that Meta’s “handling of the situation is appalling”.

Besides the layoffs, Meta Platforms Inc. is also planning to close approximately 5,000 openings, scrap lower-priority projects, and flatten layers of middle management.

Mr. Zuckerberg claims that 2023 will be Meta’s “year of efficiency,” and the business has been informing staff members of this during performance evaluations.

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Watch viral: Lion is attacked by hippos and then big cat escaped quickly

Hippos attacked Lion

The lion is attacked by hippos in the video posted YouTube channel. The lion is seen in the opening of the video perched atop a rock in the middle of a river. The video has received more than 6.5 lakh views since it was shared. People are attracted by a video showing an aggressive encounter … Read more

Microsoft will release ChatGPT 4 next week with AI videos

ChatGPT 4

Microsoft is going to refresh the AI tool with an update that will drive it back into the spotlight. ChatGPT will not be the first tool to produce AI-generated videos. Microsoft made no mention of its incorporation of ChatGPT into its Bing web browser. ChatGPT has been unavoidable in recent months, and it appears that … Read more

China says TikTok ban reflects US insecurities

TikTok ban reflects US insecurities

The US government’s ban on the Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok. TikTok is used by two-thirds of American teenagers. China has long blocked a slew of foreign social media and messaging platforms. BEIJING, China (AP) — The US government’s ban on the Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reveals Washington’s own insecurities and is an abuse … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg security allowance increased by $4 million by Meta

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms Inc. increased Mark Zuckerberg’s security allowance by $4 million to $14 million. Zuckerberg has cut thousands of jobs and trimmed expenditure projections. Meta has yet to reveal his salary for last year. Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) announced on Wednesday that it had increased the security allowance paid to CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg … Read more

Donald Trump is back on Facebook and Instagram after two years

Donald Trump Instagram

The suspension of Facebook and Instagram of Donald Trump has been lifted. He was banned after praising those who were “involved in violence at the Capitol”. He has almost 23 million Instagram followers and 34 million Facebook fans. The suspension of the Facebook and Instagram profiles of Donald Trump for more than two years has … Read more

Brain teaser: Can you spot a fish hidden in plain sight?

Brain teaser
  • The brain teaser was uploaded on Facebook by digital artist Gergely Dudás.
  • It requires users to find a fish hidden in plain sight among a swarm of octopuses.
  • The graphic has received nearly 300 reactions since it was posted six days ago.

Brain teaser: People enjoy puzzles and brain teasers. They not only help us unwind and relax after a long day at work, but they also improve our cognitive capacities. And if you’re searching for a good brain teaser. It has a big sea of octopuses and requires the player to find a fish hidden in plain sight. Are you ready to take on this exciting challenge?

“Can you find a fish?” read the caption of the brain challenge uploaded on Facebook by digital artist Gergely Dudás, commonly known as Dudolf. The brain teaser depicts a swarm of purple-coloured octopuses, with a fish hiding among them. The fish is the same colour as the octopus, which makes the brain teaser even more difficult.

Take a look at the post

The brain teaser has received nearly 300 reactions since it was posted on Facebook six days ago. Many even flooded the post’s comments section.

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ACCC to investigate social media influencers false endorsements

ACCC social media influencers

The ACCC will examine more than 100 influencers. The watchdog received complaints from consumers. The ACCC has started examining different social media platforms. The competition watchdog in Australia said on Friday that it will investigate if social media influencers had omitted to disclose their relationship with the brands they were endorsing. The Australian Competition and … Read more

Meta to reinstate Trump’s account on its platforms

Meta
  • President Trump is one of the country’s leading political figures.
  • The ACLU has filed over 400 legal actions against Trump.
  • He was barred for two years  from using the platforms due to the 2021 US Capitol insurgency.

SAN FRANCISCO: Meta, the social networking giant, announced Tuesday that it would soon reinstate former President Donald Trump‘s accounts on Facebook and Instagram with “new guardrails,” two years after he was barred from using the platforms due to the 2021 US Capitol insurgency.

“We will be reinstating Mr. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks,” Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said in a statement, adding that the move would come with “new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.”

Clegg stated that the Republican leader, who has already declared himself a presidential candidate for 2024, could be suspended for up to two years for each violation of platform policies in the future.

It was unclear when or if Trump would return to the platforms, and his representatives did not respond to a request for comment immediately.

However, the 76-year-old tycoon responded in typically bullish fashion, claiming that Facebook had lost “billions of dollars in value” while he was gone.

“Such a thing should never happen again to a sitting President, or anyone else who is undeserving of retribution!” he declared on his Truth Social platform.

Facebook banned Trump a day after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021, seeking to prevent the certification of his election defeat to Joe Biden.

The former reality television star had spent weeks falsely claiming that the presidential election had been stolen from him, and he was later impeached for inciting the riot.

Trump’s lawyer Scott Gast said last week in a letter asking for the ban to be lifted that Meta had “dramatically distorted and inhibited public discourse.”

He requested a meeting to discuss Trump’s “immediate reinstatement to the platform” of Facebook, where he had 34 million followers, arguing that his position as the Republican nominee in 2024 justified it.

Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said Meta was making “the right decision” by reintroducing Trump to the social network.

“Whether you like it or not, President Trump is one of the country’s leading political figures, and the public is eager to hear his speech,” Romero said in a statement.

“In fact, some of Trump’s most inflammatory social media posts were used as critical evidence in lawsuits filed against him and his administration.”

According to Romero, the ACLU has filed over 400 legal actions against Trump.

Extremism engine?

However, advocacy groups such as Media Matters for America are vehemently opposed to Trump using Facebook’s social networking reach.

“Make no mistake: by reintroducing Donald Trump to its platforms, Meta is refueling Trump’s misinformation and extremism engine,” Media Matters president Angelo Carusone said.

“Not only will this affect Instagram and Facebook users, but it also poses increased threats to civil society and an existential threat to US democracy as a whole.”

In December, a US congressional committee recommended that Trump be prosecuted for his role in the US Capitol attack.

After the riot, his Twitter account, which has 88 million followers, was also blocked, forcing him to communicate through Truth Social, which has fewer than five million followers.

Trump’s unexpected victory in 2016 was attributed in part to his use of social media and his vast digital reach.

According to Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida, Facebook does not want to go to war with Trump’s congressional supporters, who are likely to protest if he is barred from using the platform.

“Trump needs the platform for fundraising, and Facebook doesn’t want to testify in front of Congress,” Selepak wrote on Twitter.

Conservative republican leaders have raged against Trump being booted from Facebook, while a group of Democrats in Congress last month urged Meta to extend the ban to keep “dangerous and unfounded election denial content off its platform.”

New Twitter owner Elon Musk reinstated Trump’s account last November, days after Trump announced a fresh White House run. He has yet to post.

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Social media apps by Meta back online after brief outage: Downdetector

meta social media apps

Social media apps by Meta appear to be back online in the United States. The social networking apps from Meta Platforms Inc experienced a brief outage on Wednesday. Downdetector keeps track of outages for big tech platforms. The social media apps from Meta Platforms Inc, which experienced a brief outage on Wednesday in the United … Read more

Social media apps by Meta down for thousands of users: Downdetector.com

meta social media apps

Social media apps by Meta Platforms Inc. were unavailable for thousands of users in the US. Downdetector.com says around 13,000 occurrences involving the Facebook app. Earlier Microsoft had a networking outage that affected millions of customers worldwide. According to the outage monitoring website Downdetector.com, Meta Platforms Inc.’s (META.O) social media apps were unavailable on Wednesday … Read more

The ‘Spare’ becomes best seller after 1.4million copies sold out within week

Spare best seller

The book was released earlier this month and quickly became the number one best seller. Spare has also been Amazon’s best-seller based on online pre-orders. local from Edinburgh advertised the book on Facebook Marketplace for £5. Prince Harry’s explosive memoir Spare broke records shortly after its release, but a seller is selling the book for … Read more

Tairawhiti region of New Zealand under state of emergency with more rain predictions

New Zealand rain

The Tairawhiti region of New Zealand is still under a state of local emergency. Ex-tropical cyclone Hale brought heavy rain, large seas, and strong gusts. Some residences had to be evacuated due to flooding, and rural communities were shut off. Due to flooding and landslips, the Tairawhiti region of New Zealand is still under a … Read more