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Facebook testing Messenger feature to spot suspicious accounts

Facebook is testing a feature that will identify malicious accounts sending unwanted direct messages to you on its Messenger platform.

According to a report in Motherboard on Wednesday, the feature when it goes live will provide additional information about direct messages from unknown contacts.


Facebook's helicopter drone project got grounded: Report

Facebook discontinued last year a small helicopter drone project that could temporarily replace cellular services in emergency situations, The Verge reported.


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Suspending fake accounts won't hurt user metrics: Twitter

 While confirming a The Washington Post report that Twitter has been suspending as much as one million questionable accounts per day in recent months, the microblogging site refuted the claim that the move will lead to decline in the numbers of monthly active users.

Facebook stock at all-time high despite data breaches

Despite the massive Cambridge Analytica data scandal and a couple of users' privacy issues owing to internal bugs, Facebook stock closed at an all-time record high of $203.23 on Friday.

Twitter suspends over 70 mn fake accounts

Twitter Inc. has suspended more than 70 million fake accounts in May and June in a massive drive to clear out bots and trolls on the platform, the media reported.

After Priyanka, Deepika gets 25 mn Instagram followers

After Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, it is actress Deepika Padukone whose Instagram family has grown to 25 million.

Priyanka Chopra scores 25 mn Instagram followers; ahead of Modi, Big B

Here's a new feather on Priyanka Chopra's decorated hat. The actress has scored a fan base of 25 million on Instagram, leaving behind Indian icons like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and megastar Amitabh Bachchan's followers on the photo-sharing platform.

WhatsApp seeks help from Indian experts to fight misinformation

With misinformation spread on WhatsApp leading to killing of tens of people across the country and the government taking a note of the situation, the Facebook-owned messaging service says it would fund research to find out why misinformation spreads on the platform like wildfire in India.

Facebook shuts down three of its apps

Facebook has announced it is shutting down its fitness app "Moves", Android app "Hello" and anonymous social media app "tbh".

Facebook is deprecating these apps due to low usage, the company wrote in a blog post late on Monday.

Bug unblocked people from 800,000 users' list: Facebook

In yet another privacy goof-up, Facebook has admitted that over 800,000 users were affected by a bug on its platform and Messenger that unblocked some people these users had blocked.

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