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Meta Targets $135bn on AI Spending

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, plans to almost double its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) this year, signalling a major push to transform its operations and increase productivity. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told financial analysts on Wednesday that the company expects to

January 29, 2026

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Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp Users to Pay Under New Plan

Meta says it will begin testing premium subscription services across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, as the company looks to expand paid offerings alongside its free social media platforms. The technology firm said the subscriptions would unlock additional features, including advanced artificial intelligence

January 27, 2026

Meta Warns Users Against Holiday Shopping Scam

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Meta To Sack Employees In Africa, Europe, Asia Starting Monday

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Thread, WhatsApp and Instagram, has announced plans to sack more employees across its operations in Africa, Europe, and Asia starting Monday (today). This was made known in an internal memo sent to the company’s staff on

February 10, 2025

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Australia To Ban Under 16 Children From Social Media

Australia Sets Age Limit for Social Media Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has announced a plan to ban children under 16 from social media platforms, citing a need to protect young people from the potentially harmful influence of platforms like Facebook and

November 12, 2024

Meta Simplifies Monetization Programs For Facebook Creators

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Meta Simplifies Monetisation Programmes For Facebook Creators

Meta’s Streamlined Monetisation System for Creators Meta is making it easier for Facebook creators to earn money on the platform by combining its three existing monetisation programmes into one. Previously, content creators had to go through different processes to monetise using in-stream

October 3, 2024

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Instagram Moves To Block Teens from Violence, Offensive Words

A new feature aimed at protecting teens from offensive language and violence among other vices has been introduced by Instagram. Meta, parent body and owners of facebook and Instagram made this known on Tuesday via blog post. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg who

September 19, 2024

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Meta Removes 63,000 Social Accounts Linked To Nigerian Scammers

Meta said it has detected and deleted over 63,000 Instagram accounts and thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were used by scammers, also known as ‘yahoo boys’ for financial sextortion schemes in Nigeria. Prime Business Africa, reports that Meta, the parent

July 25, 2024

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Update: Facebook, Instagram Services Restored

A few hours after social media platforms – Facebook and Instagram were shut down across the globe, the service of the platforms has now been restored. The outage, which occurred on Tuesday, left millions of users unable to access their accounts, prompting

March 5, 2024

Technology

Facebook Messenger To Discontinue SMS Support

Facebook has revealed its intention to withdraw the provision of SMS function via its Messenger platform, heralding a departure from the integrated approach that it had introduced in 2016 for Android smartphone users. This is scheduled to take effect from 28 September

August 9, 2023

Technology

Meta’s AI Helps Drive Revenue, Boost Engagement On Facebook, Instagram – Zuckerberg

Highlights – Mark Zuckerberg attributes Meta’s increased Q1 2023 revenue to the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that recommends content to users, leading to a 24% increase in time spent on Facebook and Instagram. – Investment in AI has driven the results

April 28, 2023

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Meta Targets $135bn on AI Spending

Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp Users to Pay Under New Plan

Meta To Sack Employees In Africa, Europe, Asia Starting Monday

Australia To Ban Under 16 Children From Social Media

Meta Simplifies Monetisation Programmes For Facebook Creators

Instagram Moves To Block Teens from Violence, Offensive Words

Meta Removes 63,000 Social Accounts Linked To Nigerian Scammers

Update: Facebook, Instagram Services Restored

Meta’s AI Helps Drive Revenue, Boost Engagement On Facebook, Instagram – Zuckerberg

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