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In a move aimed at enhancing user engagement, Instagram has expanded the capacity for carousel posts to include up to 20 photos or videos.

Meta has launched its advanced artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, across its major platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram, catering specifically to users in India.

To prevent Threads posts from appearing on Meta's other platforms, press the two lines in the top right of the Threads app > Privacy > Suggesting posts on other apps - two switches allow users to disable Instagram and Facebook suggestions. Meta prefers to bring out Threads features gradually, reported The Verge.

Zuckerberg took to his official Facebook handle and shared a demonstration video along with a caption, “New for WhatsApp -- we're adding the ability to instantly record and share a video message in your WhatsApp chats. It's as easy as sending a quick voice message.”

According to a report by US-based tech portal TechCrunch, 'Threads' will be linked to Instagram and could have a leg up on Twitter, since it directly imports a user's Instagram followers and following lists.

More than 10 bogus ChatGPT apps that were created to defraud users have been blocked by Facebook, the parent company of social media behemoth Meta, according to Mashable website.

Elon Musk's Twitter could soon face new competition from Facebook-owned Meta. Meta Platforms Inc is considering launching a new Twitter-like social network.

Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram users will soon be getting a new paid verified badge option in the form of Meta Verified.

Facebook is experimenting with methods, such as using an AI face scanner, to allow users of the platform's dating service to verify their age.

What Facebook's referring to as "more private" settings restricts details on an account so that only a teen's friends can view the posts they're tagged in, their friends' list, and the pages, people, and lists they follow.